Report to: Development Services Committee Report Date: May 20, 2008
SUBJECT: PRELIMINARY
REPORT
Markham
Stouffville Hospital
Zoning By-law Amendment Application
to permit the hospital expansion.
File No. ZA 08 111302
PREPARED BY: Doris Cheng, Senior Planner, ext. 2331
RECOMMENDATION:
That the report dated May 20, 2008 entitled “PRELIMINARY
REPORT, Markham Stouffville
Hospital. Zoning By-law
Amendment Application to permit the hospital expansion” be received.
That Staff be authorized to
schedule a statutory Public Meeting to consider the proposed Zoning By-law amendments to permit the expansion of
Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH), and proposed
zoning amendments to accommodate the East Markham Community Centre and Library
(EMCCL) and a Fire Station.
And that Staff be authorized and
directed to do all things necessary to give effect to this resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Not applicable
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Not applicable
Markham Stouffville Hospital has been
providing health care to Markham and the surrounding communities since
1990. In 2005, in response to the service needs of a rapidly growing community,
the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, in collaboration with the Ministry
of Public Infrastructure Renewal, approved funding plans for Markham Stouffville Hospital to expand
its facility. The expansion will include a new emergency facility, critical
care, diagnostic and ambulatory care, all together increasing the hospital’s
size from approximately 30,194 m² to 77,890 m² (325,000 ft² to 838,400 ft²).
Under Council’s direction Town Staff has
been working closely with the MSH Staff to create an institutional ‘campus’
which includes the expanded hospital, future Community Centre and Library as
well as a fire station. The intent is to ensure that the timelines for
the design and construction of the hospital expansion and the Town facilities
remain on schedule. Working together will also ensure that the
coordinated vision for the hospital and Town facilities are in keeping with the
character of the Cornell community.
Property and
Area Context
The lands subject to the proposed zoning amendments (MSH
lands and the lands intended for the EMCCL as well as the Fire Station) are
located east of Ninth Line, west of Bur Oak Avenue, south of Church Street, and north of Highway 7 East (Figure 1).
The land includes 20.15 hectares (approximately 50 acres) of Hospital
lands (including the lands recently acquired south of the proposed laneway) and
2.18 hectares (approximately 5.38 acres) of Town owned lands. At
the northwest corner of the Hospital lands is Participation House which is not
part of this application, and to the west across 9th Line is a low
density residential development. To the north, across Church
Street, and under the ownership of the MSH,
are some vacant lands, ambulance station, as well as the existing Woodhaven
Senior’s Residence. Further north are Cornell residential
developments. To the south the lands are primarily vacant and in multiple
ownerships including that of the Hospital. To the east, across Bur Oak
Avenue, are lands primarily intended to
accommodate a future Catholic Secondary
School as well as some mixed use
developments along the Bur Oak corridor.
Site plan
approval process
The proposed
hospital expansion Master Plan will be brought forward for site plan
endorsement at the June 17,
2008 Development Services Committee meeting. The site
plan endorsement at this stage will only provide general guidelines (it is not intended to be prescriptive) and will
provide the necessary assurance and Council direction allowing MSH, in
conjunction with Infrastructure Ontario, to proceed
with a Request for Proposal for detailed design. The final Master Site Plan for the
Hospital will be prepared by the successful consortium which will also be
responsible for securing final Site Plan Approval, anticipated in the second
half of 2009.
OPTIONS/ DISCUSSION:
