Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee

Darouze: WHEREAS the Osgoode Care Centre at 7650 Snake Island Road was constructed in 1986 as a 100-bed non-profit, charitable long-term care home; and WHEREAS the Centre provides an important service for seniors in rural Ottawa; and WHEREAS the Board of the Osgoode Care Centre is pursuing a project to expand its facility to better serve residents and comply with current regulations; and WHEREAS the Centre was built in what is currently designated in the City’s Official Plan as Agriculture Resource Area; and WHEREAS the only reasonable expansion opportunity is southward onto adjacent agricultural lands, designated as such in the Official Plan and Comprehensive Zoning By-law; and WHEREAS the City wishes to ensure the viability of this long-term care facility; and WHEREAS the Osgoode Care Centre has committed to provide the required supporting studies through a Site Plan Control application prior to construction; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee recommends that Council direct staff in the Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development department to initiate an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit the redesignation of lands to the south of the Osgoode Care Centre to permit a long term care facility.