Agenda Index City of Vancouver

CITY OF VANCOUVER

PRESENT:

Mayor Philip Owen
Councillor Don Bellamy
Councillor Jennifer Clarke
Councillor Alan Herbert
Councillor Lynne Kennedy
Councillor Daniel Lee
Councillor Don Lee
Councillor Gordon Price
Councillor Sam Sullivan

ABSENT:

Councillor Nancy A. Chiavario (Leave of Absence)
Councillor George Puil (Civic Business)

CLERK TO THE
COUNCIL:

Tarja Tuominen

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,
SECONDED by Cllr. Don Lee,

1. Text Amendment: 4500 Oak Street (Children’s & Women’s Hospital)

(a) THAT the proposed Master Plan, dated February 18, 1998, as amended in accordance with Appendix A and condition (c) outlined below, be approved by Council in principle, to serve as a general guide for development of the Children’s & Women’s Health Care Centre site;

(b) THAT the proposed form of development for the Ambulatory Care and Emergency Room addition be approved by Council in principle, generally as prepared by Henriques & Partners Architects, and stamped “Received City Planning Department, February 18, 1999", provided that the Director of Planning may allow alterations to this form of development when approving the detailed scheme of development as outlined in (d) below;

(c) THAT section 1(c) in Appendix A be amended to delete the words “except allow four storeys adjacent to the Canadian Blood Supply site”;

(d) THAT, prior to approval by Council of the form of development for any phase of this development, the applicant shall obtain approval of development applications by the Director of Planning, having concern for the following:

1. Design developments to take into consideration the principles of CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design), having particular regard to:

(e) THAT, prior to occupancy of Phase 1, the applicant shall complete, in conjunction with Engineering Services, other institutions in the area and the community, a neighbourhood parking and traffic plan to examine:

(f) THAT, prior to enactment of the CD-1 By-law, the registered owner shall:

(v) provide a detailed landscape plan illustrating both common and botanical name, size and quantity of all proposed plant material. Proposed plant material should be clearly illustrated on the landscape plan; and

Staff Comments

1. Amend clause (b) by replacing the words “Received City Planning Department, February 18, 1999", with “Received June 23, 1999 Community Services”;

2. In response to Council’s decision on June 22, 1999, the following condition regarding a Community Amenity Contribution is to be added under clause (f):

3. Amend Page 1 of the Draft CD-1 By-law to change the reference in the pre-amble of section 2.1 from “CD-1(120)” to “CD-1(126)”;

4. Replace the diagram on Page 4 with that attached to this memo. Clarification of various dimensions has been provided, plus the “no building” setbacks have been increased along West 32nd Avenue and Heather Street.

5. Engineering Services asks that the following parking requirements be added to section 5 (Parking & Loading):

Applicant Comments

· Ellen Chesney, Director of Communications, Children’s and Women’s Hospital
· Lois Hollstedt, Board Member, Children’s and Women’s Hospital
· David Nesbitt, Director, Project Planning, Children’s and Women’s Hospital
· Richard Henriques, Architect

· the proposed master plan, noting it is the best vision at this time and is not carved in stone;
· the future plans of the Hospital;
· the Hospital’s commitment to work with the City to resolve the neighbours’ concerns with traffic and parking;
· a description of the proposed development.

Summary of Correspondence

· letter confirming support for proposed neighbourhood parking initiatives;
· five letters opposed to the application;
· letter, attaching petition, opposed to the application.

Speakers

· Georgia Evans
· Ayshe Lee
· John Benetti
· Maureen Bayless
· Chris Walker (petition filed)

· the following should be included in the rezoning by-law restrictions: green bufferzone surrounding the hospital to be retained; the ring road may not be rerouted; the existing berms be retained; the space between the Jean Matheson Pavilion and the Brock Fahrni Building be utilized;
· parking and traffic control measures need to be implemented prior to granting a construction permit;
· there should be resident only parking from Cambie to Granville and 37th to 23rd Avenues;
· no parking signs should be placed in back lanes that immediately side onto the hospital facilities;
· time limited parking signage to be placed around Braemar and Devonshire Parks;
· traffic calming measures to be implemented at selected intersections;
· the neighbourhood wants no flexibility in parking; the streets in the area cannot take any more parking;
· the research buildings on the Oak Street side have changed the look of the neighbourhood; any additional building should look like a part of the neighbourhood.

· Donna Gojevic
· Kathleen Mukai
· Toby Mukai
· Stephen Tredwell
· Heather Fowlie
· Dr. Saida Rasul
· David Hardwick

· the hospital facilities are seriously overcrowded;
· hospital patients and staff desperately need additional space;
· currently, staff do not have adequate privacy to consult with families of patients;
· currently there are long clinic waits, cramped clinics and waiting areas;
· it is important to have centralized facilities because many of the patients need to see many clinics at the same time;
· we need a facility like Children’s and Women’s Hospital.

· Peter Hammer
· Michael Jacobson
· Estelle Chimes
· Dr. Peter Brutton

· the proposal represents an ad-hoc approach to hospital planning; need to look at the comprehensive picture; the VGH site is underutilised;
· the Hospital location is not well situated to access public transit;
· there has been no information of a cost benefit analysis;
· the Hospital should not have its dream at the expense of the single-family neighbourhood;
· the development at Oak Street will be a continuing issue;
· the clinical research buildings could be moved to the park site within the Hospital grounds;
· within a 4 1/2 city block corridor, there are 4 hospitals, 2 elementary schools, 1 high school, a shopping centre and a care home;
· why cannot the clinics in the Children’s and Women’s Hospital site be spread out in the Lower Mainland; to centralize the facilities is a mistake;
· as the province grows, so will the demand for the Hospital facilities; need more regional facilities;
· the use of helicopters is expensive, unnecessary, and poses a danger to the neighbourhood;
· if the expansion is approved, free on-site parking is an absolute minimum.

Applicant Closing Comments


Staff Closing Comments

Council Discussion

MOVED by Cllr. Kennedy,

RISE FROM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Price,

ADOPT REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

MOVED by Cllr. Bellamy,
SECONDED BY Cllr. Don Lee,

The Special Council adjourned at 11:00 p.m.

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