Comment 119643

By mountain66 (registered) | Posted July 05, 2016 at 09:25:46

As a resident of Ward 8 (Lower Mountain) here is what I find missing from the issue. Since Councillor Whitehead has a son in the Autism program he would have to know the following, HHS does not own the property, it is owned by The Bay Area Health Trust. Please see attached link from last year. http://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/6...

HHS leased the buildings and the following are conditions of the sale from the article: “The group has outlined four strategic principles that it expects to be addressed in all submissions. - Support community health care initiatives that support overall needs for health and wellness. - Initiatives that benefit transitional wellness will be promoted. (Transitional care is usually aimed at individuals who require a place to recover after hospital care, but before going home) - Support neighbouring institutions and community health/education partners. - Reduction of the site maintenance costs and liabilities after 2015."

The sale announced well in advance and townhouses have already been built on the Evel building parking lot on the north side of the property, Columbia College has bought a number of buildings on the east side of Sanatorium Rd. which they have converted to residences, built a new residence and taken over operation of the parking lots on the east side. Since Councillor Whitehead had to know about the sale and conditions in my opinion the real issue is the use of public funds to subsidize the move and the distribution of funds in the city as a whole. This would have to ignore where money has been spent on the Mountain. Ward 8 spent over $1.3 Million on the Bocce Court at Chedoke, I’m not sure how many jobs that created. HWDSB relocated the administrative office to Upper Wentworth, moving jobs from the core to the Mountain. St. Joseph's has moved some clinics to the South side of the West 5th Campus and it now has a brand new MRI as well. The city has spent over $2.5 Million so far on Auchmar and it is projected to cost as much as $ 14 million to fully restore it. HSR has built a new hub at Mohawk College that is also in Ward 8. That is what I can think of off the top of my head and doesn’t include all the roadwork done on West 5th for example. When I moved to Hamilton the downtown core was a vital part of the city, if there are 12 floors of empty office space available why would you not try to repurpose it before building new? You only have to look at Detroit to see what happens when the other parts of the city don’t support the downtown core.

Comment edited by mountain66 on 2016-07-05 09:26:30

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