THAT Council receive Staff Report FAF23.036, entitled “125 Peel Street Campus of Care Update”;
AND THAT Council advise the community that on January 23, 2023, in a Closed Session Council meeting, staff provided a status update on the 125 Peel Street Campus of Care procurement process that included a recommendation to bring information from Closed Session to the public to ensure that transparency and openness regarding this project is re-established with the formal procurement process now being completed;
AND THAT Council acknowledge that staff were directed to bring a Staff Report directly to the March 6, 2023, Council meeting;
AND THAT Council advise the community that the formal procurement process that included the Request for Qualification (2022-24-PQ-ADM) concluded with one (1) submission being received and that lone submission being qualified by the Ministry of Long-Term Care and the Town;
AND THAT Council advise the community that the lone qualified proponent permitted to move forward with the Request for Proposal (2022-74-P-ADM) process was peopleCare Communities as the lead proponent in collaboration with SkyDev;
AND THAT Council advise the community that the formal procurement process that included the Request of Qualification (2022-24-PQ-ADM) and the Request for Proposal (2022-74-P-ADM) has been completed and cancelled without a successful proponent meeting the minimum mandatory technical scoring requirements;
AND THAT Council acknowledge that staff were directed to negotiate with the lone qualified proponent, being peopleCare Communities and SkyDev, as permitted under Section 10 - Negotiation of the Town’s Purchasing of Goods and Services Policy (POL.COR.07.05), due to the time-sensitivity of the March 2023 Ministry deadline to secure a qualified long-term care provider for the provisional allocation of one hundred and sixty (160) long-term care beds;
AND THAT Council advise the community that staff were directed to include the following key elements in the negotiations with peopleCare Communities and SkyDev:
- Acceptable height of five (5) stories for the labour force housing
- The Town be left with six (6) contiguous acres of developable land
AND THAT Council, pending the outcome of further negotiations as permitted under Section 10 - Negotiation of the Town’s Purchasing of Goods and Services Policy (POL.COR.07.05), direct staff to schedule a Special Committee of the Whole meeting to allow representatives of peopleCare Communities and Skyline Skydev to present their proposed Campus of Care Project;
AND THAT Council advise the community that approval of any of the following elements shall require a formal resolution of Council:
- Disposition of any portion of the 125 Peel Street property
- Approval of a Proposed Design and Preliminary Site Plan for a Campus of Care to be located on the 125 Peel Street property.