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About the Committee
The CHNA formed the Civic Hospital Relocation Committee (CHRC) to focus on the hospital’s new campus and the future of the existing site. The Committee terms of reference can be found below. The CHRC is assisted by our Planning and Development and Transportation committees.
CHRC terms of reference
CHRC terms of reference
About the New Civic Campus
The redevelopment of the Ottawa Hospital Civic campus is the single most important development affecting the Civic Hospital neighbourhood in our history and CHNA has been actively engaged as the process unfolds. There are many strong and divided opinions about the hospital redevelopment. CHNA is focused on advocating for our community concerns about greenspace, traffic, parking and public transit access.
More project information can be found on The Ottawa Hospital's New Campus Development Website
More project information can be found on The Ottawa Hospital's New Campus Development Website
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CHNA SUBMISSIONS RE: SITE PLANS PHASE 3 & 4
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Feb 9, 2023 PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION PRESENTATION
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URBAN DESIGN REVIEW PANEL (UDRP) REPORT
CHNA submitted our initial comments regarding the Site Plan application for the Main Hospital building and Central Utility Plant on Jan 20, 2023, meeting the City's stated deadline for initial feedback. On February 9, the applicant and the City presented a review of the project as part of a Public Information Session. CHNA submitted additional comments regarding the site plan on February 23, meeting the City's deadline for feedback after the Public Information Session.
Our two submissions can be found below along with the 2 files presented by the City and the applicant on February 9th, 2023 at their Public Information Session.
As well, the applicant presented their plans to the Urban Design Review Panel (UDRP) on January 9, 2023. Their feedback is found starting on page 3 in the report below.
Date Posted: March 1, 2023
and
Feb 9, 2023 PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION PRESENTATION
and
URBAN DESIGN REVIEW PANEL (UDRP) REPORT
CHNA submitted our initial comments regarding the Site Plan application for the Main Hospital building and Central Utility Plant on Jan 20, 2023, meeting the City's stated deadline for initial feedback. On February 9, the applicant and the City presented a review of the project as part of a Public Information Session. CHNA submitted additional comments regarding the site plan on February 23, meeting the City's deadline for feedback after the Public Information Session.
Our two submissions can be found below along with the 2 files presented by the City and the applicant on February 9th, 2023 at their Public Information Session.
As well, the applicant presented their plans to the Urban Design Review Panel (UDRP) on January 9, 2023. Their feedback is found starting on page 3 in the report below.
Date Posted: March 1, 2023
| chna_comments_phases_3_and_4_january_2023_final_2023-01-20_12-19-45.pdf |
| chna_comments_phases_3_and_4_2023-02-23_additional_comments_file_no._d07-12-22-0168.pdf |
| toh_presentation_-_community_engagement_feb_2023.pdf |
| toh_engagement_meeting_presentation_feb_9_-_the_ottawa_hospital_phase_3_and__bi__002_.pdf |
| udrp_report_jan_9_2023.pdf |
PHASE 3 & 4 MAIN HOSPITAL AND CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT SITE PLANS
Late last year, the City of Ottawa received a "Site Plan Application" for the Ottawa Hospital New Civic Development. The application includes details for both the third and fourth phase of the Master Site Plan consisting of a Central Utility Plant with electrical, heating and cooling equipment (Phase 3) and the main Hospital building (Phase 4). The main Hospital building is to consist of approximately 230,000 square metres of gross floor area comprising a two-storey podium, two towers (Towers A and B) to house the majority of the patient rooms, and a Pavilion flanking the Main Entrance. The Pavillion is to consist of meeting and conference rooms, an auditorium, retail spaces, a cafeteria, and is to connect to the weather-protected highline pathway across the top of the 4 storey parking garage.
Detailed plans are currently available online for review and comment here: D07-12-22-0168. The CHNA will be submitting our initial comments by the City Jan. 20th deadline. The CHNA will submit further comments to address additional transportation reports and member feedback.
Residents have been invited by the City to attend a virtual public information session via zoom on February 9th at 6:30 p.m. where the applicant will present their application and answer questions. We encourage all interested members to register to attend the Feb 9th meeting in order to learn more and to ask your questions.
Date Posted: Jan 2023
Late last year, the City of Ottawa received a "Site Plan Application" for the Ottawa Hospital New Civic Development. The application includes details for both the third and fourth phase of the Master Site Plan consisting of a Central Utility Plant with electrical, heating and cooling equipment (Phase 3) and the main Hospital building (Phase 4). The main Hospital building is to consist of approximately 230,000 square metres of gross floor area comprising a two-storey podium, two towers (Towers A and B) to house the majority of the patient rooms, and a Pavilion flanking the Main Entrance. The Pavillion is to consist of meeting and conference rooms, an auditorium, retail spaces, a cafeteria, and is to connect to the weather-protected highline pathway across the top of the 4 storey parking garage.
Detailed plans are currently available online for review and comment here: D07-12-22-0168. The CHNA will be submitting our initial comments by the City Jan. 20th deadline. The CHNA will submit further comments to address additional transportation reports and member feedback.
Residents have been invited by the City to attend a virtual public information session via zoom on February 9th at 6:30 p.m. where the applicant will present their application and answer questions. We encourage all interested members to register to attend the Feb 9th meeting in order to learn more and to ask your questions.
Date Posted: Jan 2023
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND TRANSPORTATION SUBCOMMITTEE
As directed by City Council, the Ottawa Hospital has established a Community Advisory Council as well as a Community Advisory Council Transportation Subcommittee. CHNA has representation on both and below are the Terms of Reference for each.
As directed by City Council, the Ottawa Hospital has established a Community Advisory Council as well as a Community Advisory Council Transportation Subcommittee. CHNA has representation on both and below are the Terms of Reference for each.
| new_campus_development_community_advisory_council_-_terms_of_reference_-_approved_march_30_2022.docx |
| Transportation Subcommittee Terms of Reference.zip |
Date Posted: June 06, 2022
Q&A RE: PHASE 1 PARKING GARAGE CONSTRUCTION
On January 27, 2022, the CHNA received the following responses to our November 12, 2021 concerns regarding the construction phase for the new garage.
Parking for Construction Workers:
Trucking Plan for Construction and Servicing
On January 27, 2022, the CHNA received the following responses to our November 12, 2021 concerns regarding the construction phase for the new garage.
Parking for Construction Workers:
- Provision for adequate on-site parking while the garage is being constructed from the first day of construction. A: The applicant has provided a construction management plan for approval. Planning staff will work with our ‘Traffic Management Construction Team’ in the Public Works Department to ensure it is implemented and to ensure a final construction management plan is developed to address matters including parking areas for contractors.
- That the construction management company (and on behalf of all contractors, sub-contractors, and material suppliers) develop a plan for same to submit to the City for review and approval and other stakeholders be able to review and comment. A: A preliminary plan has been provided for approval, and is part of the information on Devapps. A condition of site plan approval requires the applicant to hold a preconstruction meeting with the neighbouring community associations in Wards 14, 15, 16 and 17.
- Under no circumstances should parking be permitted on adjacent side streets. A: The construction management plan has on-site parking that is intended to accommodate the trades needed for the site. Currently there is no plan to put in place ‘no parking’ signs on side streets prohibiting all persons from parking. The goal is to work with the applicant, the City’s Traffic Management Construction Team, and community associations on ensuring trades parking does not cause issues within the community.
- That this plan, once finalized, and in all directions to the trades, avoids the use of public right-of-ways and local residential streets. A: The use of roads for trucking is bound by the urban truck route by-law, where surrounding streets, including Holland, Rochester, Booth, Preston, Carling and Prince of Wales, Bronson, are the only roads to be used.
- This plan should be part of the site orientation that workers are given along with the usual site safety and other regulations. A: Noted and agreed
Trucking Plan for Construction and Servicing
- An enforcable trucking plan must be developed to ensure that the approved truck route of Preston Street be used and not residential streets such as Parkdale, Bayswater, Sherwood, Champagne, etc. The use of roads for trucking is bound by the urban truck route by-law, where surrounding streets, including Holland, Rochester, Booth, Preston, Carling and Prince of Wales, and Bronson, are the designated truck routes.
- This plan and the development of same must be an ongoing condition of site plan approval. Planning staff will work with our ‘Traffic Management Construction Team’ in the Public Works Department to ensure it is implemented and to ensure a final construction management plan is developed to address matters including trucking and parking areas for contractors.
- This plan should be part of the site orientation that workers are given along with the usual site safety and other regulations. Noted and agreed.
INDEPENDENT AND COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REQUEST
The CHNA and many of our members remain concerned about the environmental footprint of this large development and the accompanying loss of valued greenspace during a climate emergency. We therefore, formally contacted the Minister of Environment and Climate in December of 2021 and requested a complete and independent Environmental Impact Assessment for the new campus. A copy of our request can be accessed here.
Date Posted: February 3rd, 2022
The CHNA and many of our members remain concerned about the environmental footprint of this large development and the accompanying loss of valued greenspace during a climate emergency. We therefore, formally contacted the Minister of Environment and Climate in December of 2021 and requested a complete and independent Environmental Impact Assessment for the new campus. A copy of our request can be accessed here.
Date Posted: February 3rd, 2022
CITY OF OTTAWA APPROVAL OF MASTER SITE PLAN
On October 13, 2021, the City of Ottawa approved the Master Site Plan submitted for the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus. The executive board of the NCC gave their approval on October 5, 2021. The following document provides details on that approval and outlines the conditions that were placed on the approval.
Please note: Additional site plans for each stage of the project are expected (i.e. Garage, Main Hospital buildings, etc) and the CHNA will be reviewing each and continue our work to mitigate any issues.
Date Posted: November 8, 2021
On October 13, 2021, the City of Ottawa approved the Master Site Plan submitted for the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus. The executive board of the NCC gave their approval on October 5, 2021. The following document provides details on that approval and outlines the conditions that were placed on the approval.
Please note: Additional site plans for each stage of the project are expected (i.e. Garage, Main Hospital buildings, etc) and the CHNA will be reviewing each and continue our work to mitigate any issues.
Date Posted: November 8, 2021
| final_delegated_authority_report_october_27_2021.pdf |
CHNA OCT. 1st 2021 SUBMISSION TO PLANNING COMMITTEE
On October 1st, CHNA spoke to the Planning Committee requesting a number of conditions be placed on any approval of the Civic Hospital Master Site Plan. A copy of our submission is found below.
Date Posted: November 10, 2021
On October 1st, CHNA spoke to the Planning Committee requesting a number of conditions be placed on any approval of the Civic Hospital Master Site Plan. A copy of our submission is found below.
Date Posted: November 10, 2021
| chna_new_civic_presentation_-_city_of_ottawa_planning_committee_-_october_1_2021.pdf |
CHNA SUBMISSION RE: MASTER PLAN
On June 19, the CHNA submitted our initial comments and concerns to the City of Ottawa regarding the Ottawa Hospital Master Plan Application. Our document is provided below.
Please note: Additional comments will be prepared based on updated documents published in August, 2021.
Date Posted: June 19, 2021
On June 19, the CHNA submitted our initial comments and concerns to the City of Ottawa regarding the Ottawa Hospital Master Plan Application. Our document is provided below.
Please note: Additional comments will be prepared based on updated documents published in August, 2021.
Date Posted: June 19, 2021
| chna_comments_toh_master_plan_d07-12-21-0059_and_d07-21-2007.pdf |
July 2, 2021. CIVIC HOSPITAL PRESS RELEASE:
The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association (CHNA) believes that the Transportation Impact Assessment and Mobility Study (TIA) Study accompanying the application for the New Civic campus is flawed and that some of the transportation decisions need to be revisited.
In a letter today to Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the CHNA outlined a number of concerns regarding the proposed 4-story, above ground parkade. The goal of minimizing the impact of parking on this important site while preserving public space and nearby important heritage views will not be met by the current proposal, nor does it meet the promises made in the original design as identified through public consultations. The current design will contain 2,500 parking spots, similar in size to the parking structure at the Ottawa International Airport.
Although health care funding is the responsibility of the provincial government, the Province does not fund the construction of hospital parking. We seek federal assistance to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime project built on federal land is done right and that sufficient underground parking be built from the start as there is not enough land to construct an additional parking facility in the future. Land should not be taken from the Central Experimental Farm for parking in the future when it is possible, and necessary, to develop the required underground parking now. The financial investment to build the parking underground will minimize significant negative cultural impacts on nearby waterways, parks, and historic drives.
Despite the parkade’s seemingly impressive size, adequate parking is not being provided. The TIA Study has not properly accounted for the fact that the new campus will have approximately twice the number of employees of the current Civic on opening day (6,631 employees in the year 2028) and approximately three times the number of employees at full build out (10,439 in the year 2048), yet the parking to be built is no greater than that provided by the current campus.
The CHNA has a strong interest in maximising public transit use by staff, patients and visitors to and from the new Civic campus. This can be encouraged by making public transit the more convenient or least costly option and making driving the least convenient or most costly choice. However, current projections are based on assumptions of modal shares at the existing Civic site. The reduction of auto-driver share from the current 85% to 50% day one and later to 35% appears to be extremely optimistic and we ask that the projections be restated with accurate data.
The CHNA has also provided recommendations to the project team to improve directional signage to and from the hospital (the H-sign) on the 417. Signage should be strategically placed to ensure traffic volumes are directed to appropriate routes to the hospital. The 417 eastbound Carling-Kirkwood exit should serve as the primary access from the west. The 417 eastbound Rochester exit should serve as the secondary access route. The 417 westbound Bronson exit should be the primary access from the east with vehicles continuing to Raymond & Booth to the Carling - Champagne entrance of the campus. The 417 eastbound Metcalfe ramp should be the main eastbound access route to the 417 from the campus.
The CHNA joins all of Ottawa in wanting the new world-class Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus to be a success. We seek to ensure the new campus will meet the needs of patients, visitors, and staff and that it will fit well into its new home on the historic Central Experimental Farm. This is a once in a lifetime project and it’s important it be done right.
Date Posted: July 2, 2021
The Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association (CHNA) believes that the Transportation Impact Assessment and Mobility Study (TIA) Study accompanying the application for the New Civic campus is flawed and that some of the transportation decisions need to be revisited.
In a letter today to Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, the CHNA outlined a number of concerns regarding the proposed 4-story, above ground parkade. The goal of minimizing the impact of parking on this important site while preserving public space and nearby important heritage views will not be met by the current proposal, nor does it meet the promises made in the original design as identified through public consultations. The current design will contain 2,500 parking spots, similar in size to the parking structure at the Ottawa International Airport.
Although health care funding is the responsibility of the provincial government, the Province does not fund the construction of hospital parking. We seek federal assistance to ensure this once-in-a-lifetime project built on federal land is done right and that sufficient underground parking be built from the start as there is not enough land to construct an additional parking facility in the future. Land should not be taken from the Central Experimental Farm for parking in the future when it is possible, and necessary, to develop the required underground parking now. The financial investment to build the parking underground will minimize significant negative cultural impacts on nearby waterways, parks, and historic drives.
Despite the parkade’s seemingly impressive size, adequate parking is not being provided. The TIA Study has not properly accounted for the fact that the new campus will have approximately twice the number of employees of the current Civic on opening day (6,631 employees in the year 2028) and approximately three times the number of employees at full build out (10,439 in the year 2048), yet the parking to be built is no greater than that provided by the current campus.
The CHNA has a strong interest in maximising public transit use by staff, patients and visitors to and from the new Civic campus. This can be encouraged by making public transit the more convenient or least costly option and making driving the least convenient or most costly choice. However, current projections are based on assumptions of modal shares at the existing Civic site. The reduction of auto-driver share from the current 85% to 50% day one and later to 35% appears to be extremely optimistic and we ask that the projections be restated with accurate data.
The CHNA has also provided recommendations to the project team to improve directional signage to and from the hospital (the H-sign) on the 417. Signage should be strategically placed to ensure traffic volumes are directed to appropriate routes to the hospital. The 417 eastbound Carling-Kirkwood exit should serve as the primary access from the west. The 417 eastbound Rochester exit should serve as the secondary access route. The 417 westbound Bronson exit should be the primary access from the east with vehicles continuing to Raymond & Booth to the Carling - Champagne entrance of the campus. The 417 eastbound Metcalfe ramp should be the main eastbound access route to the 417 from the campus.
The CHNA joins all of Ottawa in wanting the new world-class Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus to be a success. We seek to ensure the new campus will meet the needs of patients, visitors, and staff and that it will fit well into its new home on the historic Central Experimental Farm. This is a once in a lifetime project and it’s important it be done right.
Date Posted: July 2, 2021
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