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The Sir John Carling site at the eastern end of the Central Experimental Farm is a realistic location for a relocated Civic hospital, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday while criticizing the secrecy of the site selection process.
“I think that’s certainly a better location than Tunney’s Pasture, no question about that,” Watson said ahead of a meeting later in the day with Ottawa Hospital officials.
Watson, a non-voting member of the National Capital Commission board of directors, met with NCC management Wednesday afternoon to understand why the agency selected Tunney’s Pasture as the preferred federal site for a relocated Civic Hospital. Watson couldn’t attend the NCC board meeting last week because he was sick.
“What was disappointing was the process that was set was very rigid,” Watson said.
“As (NCC chair) Russ Mills has said, their responsibility is to report back to the minister. There was precious little contact, really formal or otherwise, with the hospital, which is the user group. The hospital only heard about the Tunney’s Pasture option the day before (the NCC’s announcement).”
Watson suggested there has been a surprising lack of communication between stakeholders.
“This has been a great learning lesson I think,” the mayor said. “We can’t have this kind of secrecy. We have to be able to have whoever the group is studying the site the ability to speak with the users of the site because it was clear the left hand and the right hand didn’t know what was going on. If the NCC came forward with a recommendation that clearly was not acceptable to the hospital, they should have known that before they released the recommendation.”
According to the mayor, “it’s a very safe assumption” that Tunney’s Pasture is out of contention as the new hospital site. The hospital and province can’t be forced into accepting a site they don’t find adequate, Watson said.
Watson said he hopes the groups can come to a consensus in the coming days.
River Coun. Riley Brockington said the Sir John Carling site, which is in his ward, is centrally located, accessible by a highway ramp at Rochester Street and not far from the current Civic campus.
“If you had to build on the farm, that seems to be, of the four locations, the best spot,” Brockington said.
Watson said building a hospital at the Sir John Carling site wouldn’t damage important research lands on the experimental farm and the hospital has indicated the site meets its access needs. Plus, it’s within short walking distance to the Trillium Line train station at Carling Avenue, just west of Preston Street.
As for the city’s next step in the hospital process, Watson said he’s making sure the city is ready for the planning applications necessary for hospital construction.
“This process has gone on a long time and we have to get on with it,” Watson said.
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“I think that’s certainly a better location than Tunney’s Pasture, no question about that,” Watson said ahead of a meeting later in the day with Ottawa Hospital officials.
Watson, a non-voting member of the National Capital Commission board of directors, met with NCC management Wednesday afternoon to understand why the agency selected Tunney’s Pasture as the preferred federal site for a relocated Civic Hospital. Watson couldn’t attend the NCC board meeting last week because he was sick.
“What was disappointing was the process that was set was very rigid,” Watson said.
“As (NCC chair) Russ Mills has said, their responsibility is to report back to the minister. There was precious little contact, really formal or otherwise, with the hospital, which is the user group. The hospital only heard about the Tunney’s Pasture option the day before (the NCC’s announcement).”
Watson suggested there has been a surprising lack of communication between stakeholders.
“This has been a great learning lesson I think,” the mayor said. “We can’t have this kind of secrecy. We have to be able to have whoever the group is studying the site the ability to speak with the users of the site because it was clear the left hand and the right hand didn’t know what was going on. If the NCC came forward with a recommendation that clearly was not acceptable to the hospital, they should have known that before they released the recommendation.”
According to the mayor, “it’s a very safe assumption” that Tunney’s Pasture is out of contention as the new hospital site. The hospital and province can’t be forced into accepting a site they don’t find adequate, Watson said.
Watson said he hopes the groups can come to a consensus in the coming days.
River Coun. Riley Brockington said the Sir John Carling site, which is in his ward, is centrally located, accessible by a highway ramp at Rochester Street and not far from the current Civic campus.
“If you had to build on the farm, that seems to be, of the four locations, the best spot,” Brockington said.
Watson said building a hospital at the Sir John Carling site wouldn’t damage important research lands on the experimental farm and the hospital has indicated the site meets its access needs. Plus, it’s within short walking distance to the Trillium Line train station at Carling Avenue, just west of Preston Street.
As for the city’s next step in the hospital process, Watson said he’s making sure the city is ready for the planning applications necessary for hospital construction.
“This process has gone on a long time and we have to get on with it,” Watson said.
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