Site Speak: At the Centre Winter 2004

At the Centre

Over the past several months, CAMH has been proceeding with the plans and consultations for the Queen Street site redevelopment. An exercise looking at the day-in-the life of clients, family members and staff was used to look at the relationship between the programming activities and the facility layout for the six- storey core bed buildings. The architects are now incorporating this feedback into the preliminary design of the floor layouts for the inpatient, outpatient and office areas. An Open House will be held after the next round of consultations to show the proposed designs.

CAMH held the first of two Public Information Centres on December 16 for the Class Environmental Assessment (EA) being conducted for the proposed extension of two collector roads: Ossington Avenue from Queen to Adelaide Street and Adelaide Street from Ossington to Shaw Street. Marshall Macklin Monaghan (MMM), our traffic and services consultant, is completing the study on behalf of CAMH in accordance with the approved process under the Environmental Assessment Act. Members of the community and staff were in attendance and provided feedback regarding the plans. A second Public Information Centre to look at alternative design concepts was held on February 11. More details will be provided in the next issue of At the Centre.

CAMH's application for the Official Plan and Zoning By-laws Amendments has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board and there was a prehearing to determine procedural matters on February 2, 2004.

CAMH is currently considering several proposals from organizations and consultants to conduct an assessment of the Queen Street site's designated historical brick walls and storage buildings. The consultant will propose a strategy and plan to preserve and maintain the structures in a safe condition. The consultants will also consider how to incorporate the winning design concepts for the Shaw Street wall from the Open Ideas Competition that CAMH held with the City of Toronto. The west and south walls will remain essentially in their current form, with the addition of selective pedestrian openings in the south wall. The two historic brick storage buildings, which form part of the south wall, will also be preserved.

For updates on the redevelopment project, please visit our Web site at www.camh.net. You can contact us at 416 535-8501 ext. 1650, or by e-mail at: redevelopment_feedback@camh.net.

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