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The National Capital Commission on Tuesday launched a review of at least 12 sites originally eyed by the Ottawa Hospital for a new Civic campus after opponents raised a stink about a plan to build on the Experimental Farm.
Mark Kristmanson, the NCC’s chief executive officer, said studying the original 12 sites identified in 2008, in addition to other federal lands, is part of the agency’s “due diligence.”
“Once we have a list of sites we’ll make that public as part of the public consultations and stakeholder consultations so people know what the menu of choices are,” Kristmanson said.
Kristmanson said potentially adding more federal properties to the list is part of checking the rationale for where the Ottawa Hospital should build a new Civic campus.
“We’re going into it with an open mind and as part of that we’ll look at all the possibilities,” he said.
Two sites will already be crossed off the list because of existing plans: The old Nortel campus, which is becoming the headquarters for the Department of National Defence, and Bayview Yards, which is becoming an innovation centre for start-up companies.
The hospital’s intention to build a new facility on a 60-acre chunk of the Experimental Farm across from the current Civic campus on Carling Avenue has been mired in controversy ever since the previous Conservative government offered up the land in 2014.
Opponents didn’t like that there were no public consultations for a $2-billion infrastructure project on what they argue is an important research field. The 1,055-acre central farm, which is a national historic site, has been the government’s agricultural research station since 1886.
Others have argued the research at the farm has decreased and a hospital on part of the land would be appropriate.
The Ottawa Hospital submitted a report to the federal government in April 2016 reviewing four possible federally owned sites for a new Civic campus. One is at Tunney’s Pasture and the others are at the Experimental Farm.
In May, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, who oversees the NCC, directed the agency to review the possible federal sites for a new hospital.
The NCC has assembled a joint subcommittee of members of the board and the agency’s advisory committee on planning, design and reality to oversee the review. Kristmanson is also on the subcommittee.
An online public consultation is scheduled for September. In the meantime, the NCC will be meeting with several government agencies and community groups, such as Heritage Ottawa and Friends of the Farm.
Mayor Jim Watson said he wants the NCC to dig up the “straight goods” about the kinds of research happening at the Experimental Farm and their importance.
“People are getting polarized in this debate,” Watson said.
Another board member, Norman Hotson, challenged the NCC to imagine the perfect site for a central hospital and avoid a “suburban solution.”
The NCC will seek the board’s approval for a site in November.
The Ottawa Hospital says it needs a modern health facility to replace the aging Civic campus, which is the major trauma centre for eastern Ontario. The Civic campus dates back to 1924.
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Mark Kristmanson, the NCC’s chief executive officer, said studying the original 12 sites identified in 2008, in addition to other federal lands, is part of the agency’s “due diligence.”
“Once we have a list of sites we’ll make that public as part of the public consultations and stakeholder consultations so people know what the menu of choices are,” Kristmanson said.
Kristmanson said potentially adding more federal properties to the list is part of checking the rationale for where the Ottawa Hospital should build a new Civic campus.
“We’re going into it with an open mind and as part of that we’ll look at all the possibilities,” he said.
Two sites will already be crossed off the list because of existing plans: The old Nortel campus, which is becoming the headquarters for the Department of National Defence, and Bayview Yards, which is becoming an innovation centre for start-up companies.
The hospital’s intention to build a new facility on a 60-acre chunk of the Experimental Farm across from the current Civic campus on Carling Avenue has been mired in controversy ever since the previous Conservative government offered up the land in 2014.
Opponents didn’t like that there were no public consultations for a $2-billion infrastructure project on what they argue is an important research field. The 1,055-acre central farm, which is a national historic site, has been the government’s agricultural research station since 1886.
Others have argued the research at the farm has decreased and a hospital on part of the land would be appropriate.
The Ottawa Hospital submitted a report to the federal government in April 2016 reviewing four possible federally owned sites for a new Civic campus. One is at Tunney’s Pasture and the others are at the Experimental Farm.
In May, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, who oversees the NCC, directed the agency to review the possible federal sites for a new hospital.
The NCC has assembled a joint subcommittee of members of the board and the agency’s advisory committee on planning, design and reality to oversee the review. Kristmanson is also on the subcommittee.
An online public consultation is scheduled for September. In the meantime, the NCC will be meeting with several government agencies and community groups, such as Heritage Ottawa and Friends of the Farm.
Mayor Jim Watson said he wants the NCC to dig up the “straight goods” about the kinds of research happening at the Experimental Farm and their importance.
“People are getting polarized in this debate,” Watson said.
Another board member, Norman Hotson, challenged the NCC to imagine the perfect site for a central hospital and avoid a “suburban solution.”
The NCC will seek the board’s approval for a site in November.
The Ottawa Hospital says it needs a modern health facility to replace the aging Civic campus, which is the major trauma centre for eastern Ontario. The Civic campus dates back to 1924.
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twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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