Resources
Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note
Mega-hospital Pre-Capital Submission
Business case for redeveloping Met Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital on a greenfield site. This is a report from 2009 that explains the rationale for a new greenfield facility as opposed to the other options of renovating or rebuilding on the same site and forms the basis of the current single site proposal. In addition to lower cost, the selected preferred option has a reduced perceived need for public consultation.
Liberal Party of Ontario 2014 Election Platform
The Liberal Government's view on clean, sustainable and liveable communties.
Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note
Mega-hospital Pre-Capital Submission
Business case for redeveloping Met Campus of Windsor Regional Hospital on a greenfield site. This is a report from 2009 that explains the rationale for a new greenfield facility as opposed to the other options of renovating or rebuilding on the same site and forms the basis of the current single site proposal. In addition to lower cost, the selected preferred option has a reduced perceived need for public consultation.
Liberal Party of Ontario 2014 Election Platform
The Liberal Government's view on clean, sustainable and liveable communties.
Strong leadership means investing in clean, healthy, sustainable communities.With our growing population, it is more important than ever to protect our vital resources like clean water, clean air, farmland and green spaces. We need to grow in ways that sustain healthy lifestyles and a healthy environment... Putting Patients First - Government of Ontario discussion paper on patient-centred healthcare
Lands generally east and south of the current airport are planned for future employment uses. Lands immediately adjacent to the current airport are ideally suited aviation-related uses. Preliminary employment developments include several advanced manufacturing facilities and an aircraft maintenance-repair-overhaul service provider. (pg 12) Recent relocation of institutional uses to the City Centre is a welcome move for new growth. There is strong interest in attracting more institutional uses to the City Centre. |
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Environmental Assessment Study
Final Report (January 2014) on Lauzon Parkway Improvements, including estimated road infrastructure costs for County Rd 42. See page 44 for summary of costs:
Final Report (January 2014) on Lauzon Parkway Improvements, including estimated road infrastructure costs for County Rd 42. See page 44 for summary of costs:
The costs include roadway construction costs, traffic signals, street lighting and minor hydro distribution, storm sewers/stormwater management, landscaping and gateway features, and cut/fill, where applicable. The minor items included are: curb and gutter, subdrains, traffic staging, signing and line painting.
The construction costs do not include new municipal services (i.e., sanitary sewers, watermains); utility relocations (i.e., sanitary sewers, watermains, municipal drains, hydro, gas, etc); and property acquisition costs. Major hydro distribution along new roadways is also not included.
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Windsor City Council Meeting
On December 21, 2015, Council was asked to formally support the proposed hospital plan announced on July 16, 2015, and agree to fund Windsor's share of the 10% local component of the $2 billion hospital construction cost. |
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Site Selection Committee
The Site Selection Committee consists of 11 members. Four of them serve on the Board of Windsor Regional Hospital. Two of them are former Chairs of the Board. Five of the members (a voting minority) are members of the public with no ties to the WRH Board.
The Site Selection Committee consists of 11 members. Four of them serve on the Board of Windsor Regional Hospital. Two of them are former Chairs of the Board. Five of the members (a voting minority) are members of the public with no ties to the WRH Board.
Local Health System Integration Act
The purpose of this Act is to provide for an integrated health system to improve the health of Ontarians through better access to high quality health services, coordinated health care in local health systems and across the province and effective and efficient management of the health system at the local level by local health integration networks.
The purpose of this Act is to provide for an integrated health system to improve the health of Ontarians through better access to high quality health services, coordinated health care in local health systems and across the province and effective and efficient management of the health system at the local level by local health integration networks.
Community engagement
A local health integration network shall engage the community of diverse persons and entities involved with the local health system about that system on an ongoing basis, including about the integrated health service plan and while setting priorities.
Methods of engagement
The methods for carrying out community engagement may include holding community meetings or focus group meetings or establishing advisory committees.
Duties
In carrying out community engagement, the local health integration network shall engage,
(a) the Aboriginal and First Nations health planning entity for the geographic area of the network that is prescribed; and
(b) the French language health planning entity for the geographic area of the network.
Windsor Hospitals Study - Final Report -
A public conversation on the future of hospital services in Windsor-Essex (though the report does not indicate any members of the public at large were consulted at this point)
A public conversation on the future of hospital services in Windsor-Essex (though the report does not indicate any members of the public at large were consulted at this point)
....the preferred option cited by WRH is for construction of a new facility on a greenfield site to
replace the Metropolitan campus, based on shorter construction time, lower cost and
potentially minimal disruption to patients and visitors, as well as neighbours of the
current Met site in the case of a massive renovation project.
... the need to maintain a health care
presence in the downtown core. For the HDGH site, plans ought to involve continued
use of the existing facility for health care services. Government, with local
community, input may consider making continued use of the relatively new cancer
centre at WRH’s Metropolitan campus for outpatient service needs.
Based on the City’s Redevelopment Opportunities Inventory (ROI) (see Priority Redevelopment Sites
and Areas Report, September 2009), 137 brownfield properties were identified in the City of Windsor.
The ROI represents over 226 ha. (559 acres) of land potentially available for adaptive reuse and
redevelopment. This is a significant amount of land. This does not include other sites not identified in the
ROI such as former gasoline stations, long departed manufacturing businesses and old landfills that have
not been currently identified, but that may be revealed to be brownfields once environmental testing is
done on these sites at some point in the future. Therefore, the issue of brownfields is a significant
concern for the City of Windsor from the perspective of the number of sites, amount of land involved
and potential for redevelopment of these lands.
Brownfields can have real and significant environmental, economic and social impacts on a community.
Ontario Provincial Policy Statement related to Land Use Planning and Development
The Provincial Policy Statement provides policy direction on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development. As a key part of Ontario’s policy-led planning system, the Provincial Policy Statement sets the policy foundation for regulating the development and use of land. It also supports the provincial goal to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Ontario.
The Provincial Policy Statement provides policy direction on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development. As a key part of Ontario’s policy-led planning system, the Provincial Policy Statement sets the policy foundation for regulating the development and use of land. It also supports the provincial goal to enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Ontario.
Planning authorities shall identify appropriate locations and promote
opportunities for intensification and redevelopment where this can be
accommodated taking into account existing building stock or areas, including
brownfield sites, and the availability of suitable existing or planned infrastructure
and public service facilities required to accommodate projected needs.
Interactive Map Showing Population Change 2006-2011
Windsor was one of only 2 cities in Canada with a declining population according to 2011 census data. This map quantifies the data on a neighbourhood by neighbourhood basis.
For information on the methodology used to create the map, please refer to this link.
For information on the methodology used to create the map, please refer to this link.
- Given the requirement for a “Greenfield” site, it is mostly likely that a new facility would be constructed on land that allows for future expansion and therefore not on the “land-locked” sites that exist currently.
KPMG Ambulance Delivery Report
Note detail on page 19 describing practice by some social services clients of calling for an ambulance in the belief that this would get them faster access to medical services at the emergency department. This also saves them transportation costs in getting to the hospital. While this is anecdotal evidence, it does point to the importance of a location that is close to the greatest concentration of users of the healthcare system.
Ontario Ombudsman
In 2009, Andrea Horwath, leader of the provincial NDP, lodged a complaint regarding the closure of emergency departments in Hamilton with André Marin, the Ontario Ombudsman.
Note detail on page 19 describing practice by some social services clients of calling for an ambulance in the belief that this would get them faster access to medical services at the emergency department. This also saves them transportation costs in getting to the hospital. While this is anecdotal evidence, it does point to the importance of a location that is close to the greatest concentration of users of the healthcare system.
Ontario Ombudsman
In 2009, Andrea Horwath, leader of the provincial NDP, lodged a complaint regarding the closure of emergency departments in Hamilton with André Marin, the Ontario Ombudsman.
[The Ontario Ombudsman] does not have jurisdiction over hospitals, but he does over Ontario's 14 LHINs.
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