Delegation to Council - Township of Clearview September, 2021 - Jarlette Health Services and Stayner Care Centre - Clearview ...

Delegation to Council - Township of Clearview
      Jarlette Health Services and Stayner Care Centre

                September, 2021

Goals / Objectives...
●   Executive Summary
●   Business Description – The Stayner Care Centre
●   MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program
●   Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview
●   Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Barriers
●   Seeking Support
●   Conclusion
    ○ Addendum - Business Description – Jarlette Health
       Services (JHS ) / Core Purpose & Core Values

Executive Summary...
● Fully accredited long term care home located in Stayner,
  Ontario.
● Owned and operated by Jarlette Health Services, The
  Stayner Care Centre
   ○   responded to a Ministry of of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC)
       redevelopment survey in May, 2015
   ○   formally submitted an application to the MLTC (MLTC) for redevelopment of the
       home in December 2016, January 2017, March 2018 and November 2019.

Executive Summary...
● The redevelopment plans for The Stayner Care Centre
   ○   development of a brand new, state of the art, long term care home
   ○   operating at a licensed capacity of 96 residents, our planning will allow for future
       growth and development, potentially up to 128 residents and situated on a new
       property, the new long term care home will be just minutes from the existing
       Stayner Care Centre
   ○   conceptually, the redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre in this capacity has
       been a plan in progress for several years, with full transparency and disclosure
       with the Town of Stayner officials.

Executive Summary...
● Stayner Care Centre should be exempt from Development
  Charges and or a reduction of Development Charges or
  innovative and collaborative strategies to offset potential
  Development Charges
   ○   in the absence of this, the viability of this project is threatened
   ○   your support of this view will help to ensure a successful redevelopment

Business Description...
●   Stayner Care Centre
    ○   Fully accredited and licensed under the Ministry of Long Term Care (MLTC)
        provides care and services for our residents who can no longer live independently
        and or may need 24 hour nursing care
    ○   Respecting the uniqueness of each of our resident’s needs, individualized care
        and services including but not limited to:
         ■   24 hour nursing care with medical supervision
         ■   dietary and nutritional services
         ■   restorative and rehabilitative care
         ■   recreation and leisure services
         ■   chaplaincy and spiritual care
         ■   housekeeping, linen and personal laundry services
         ■   on-site hairstyling and barbering
         ■   volunteer services / paid employment

    ○

MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program...
● Stayner Care Centre was built to design standards of the
  day (which date back to 1972)
   ○   new design standards provide appropriate privacy, security and comfort for the
       residents we are caring for today and also provide for enhanced sleeping, living
       and dining environments – roughly twice the square footage per resident than
       older homes; but they cost considerably more to build and operate
● All LTC homes eligible for redevelopment
   ○   were to respond to a MLTC redevelopment survey by May 1, 2015 outlining their
       intentions to redevelop and the MLTC opened applications for those wishing to
       apply for redevelopment
   ○   the majority of older homes wanted to rebuild, the current program, despite its
       many enhancements, falls short in addressing numerous items such as land costs,
       development charges and the acquisition of additional bed licenses

MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program...
●   The funding announced as part of the Enhanced Long
    Term Care Home Capital Renewal Program was a step in
    the right direction, but the program doesn’t work for all of
    the older homes waiting to be rebuilt. The challenges are
    many and varied, including:
    ○   the cost and availability of land;
    ○   economies of scale (construction and operational);
    ○   a lack of new or additional beds to allow homes to rebuild in optimal efficiencies of
        scale;
    ○   a lengthy and daunting prescriptive licensing process.

Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview...
●   Despite the Challenges
    ○   Jarlette Health Services responded to the MLTC redevelopment survey on May 1,
        2015, advising of its intent to redevelop The Stayner Care Centre
    ○   submitted formal application to the MLTC in;
         ■ December 2016
         ■ January 2017
         ■ March 2018
         ■ November 2019
    ○   The redevelopment plans for The Stayner Care Centre
         ■ the development of a brand new, state of the art, long term care home,
             operating at a licensed capacity of 96 residents, our planning will allow for
             future growth and development, potentially up to 128 residents
         ■ the redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre in this capacity has been a
             plan in progress for several years, with full transparency and disclosure with
             the Town of Stayner officials.

Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview...
●   Transparency and proactive
    ○   Prior to having received the approval from the MLTC, we met with Mayor
        Vanderkruys and Town Staff on July 29, 2016 and May 17, 2018
    ○   Highlighted our concerns:
         ■ viability of a 96 bed long term care home - a number of elements needed to
              align to ensure the viability of the project
         ■ would require the help and support of Town Staff and elected officials
         ■ we are one of very few Operators who will develop a home of this size
         ■ significant concern with respect to Development Charges
         ■ were reassured the Town would be supportive and work towards a solution
         ■ continued to meet with Town Staff and or Mayor Measures, to work towards a
              resolution on September 16, 2020, November 9, 2020 and February 10, 2021

Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Barriers...
●   At JHS, and The Stayner Care Centre, we remain true to
    our core purpose to “Make an Outstanding Difference in
    the Lives of Others" through the implementation of our
    corporate values:
    ○   everything we do is with commitment and passion;
    ○   we treat people with respect;
    ○   we are proactively accountable and responsible; and
    ○   we strive to do the right thing

Seeking Support...
●   In the absence of a resolution to obstacles and
    barriers being faced with respect to the
    redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre, the
    viability of this project is threatened.
    ○   Significant economic stimulation for the community as a whole, both during the
        construction process and post opening:
         ■ employment, shopping and tourism for the community as a whole
         ■   the Town would still receive substantial increased revenues on the property
             taxes from the new home - the increase in property taxes - approximately
             $211,400 a year, compared to the current property taxes paid of $35,000.

Seeking Support...
●   This position is supported in other jurisdictions
    ○   Based upon documentation provided by the MLTC, which demonstrates evidence
        that of the 24 long term care homes that have either been redeveloped under
        phase 1 of the long term care home renewal strategy and / or the 1996 "D" bed
        program 14 of the projects did not have any municipal Development Charges
        levied (more recent experiences are not readily available - as there are minimal
        redevelopments that have moved forward).
    ○   Based on our past experiences with respect to redevelopment, I have provided our
        most recent examples of Development Charges (which included the Municipal,
        County and School portions) in the supplementary package provided to Council in
        advance of this meeting.

Seeking Support...
●   A number of rationales support the exemption, reduction
    or innovative and collaborative strategies to offset
    potential Development Charges:
    ○   the services that development charges are intended to support are not utilized by
        our residents i.e. parks, trails, arenas, libraries, etc.
    ○   the majority of our residents do not drive
    ○   although we are not a hospital, we do provide care and services in a similar type of
        congregate setting and on the premise that hospitals are exempt, so should long
        term care homes
    ○   Charitable homes and Municipal homes for the aged are exempt from
        development charges
    ○   neighbouring communities, deem long term homes as commercial designations
        and as such, do not levy development charges for long term care homes

Seeking Support...
● Funding is provided to support the redevelopment of
  homes, the construction funding provided is limited;
   ○   many operators opting not to pursue redevelopment, again, the most recent call
       for redevelopment has only seen a minority of long term care homes moving
       ahead with redevelopment
   ○   additionally, the funding provided still leaves the operator with needing to raise
       millions of dollars to fund the remainder of the project
   ○   in our case, The Stayner Care Centre currently has the capacity to provide care for
       a total of 49 long term care residents; given the need for long-term care and the
       ageing population feasibility studies for the area show an increased demand for
       long term care services, hence our desire to increase the licensed capacity of the
       home, which is only achieved by the operator purchasing bed licenses at
       significant costs
   ○   we have invested more into this home to ensure that the home can expand, as
       demand increases in the future.

Seeking Support...
●   Without a resolution to the barriers to redevelopment,
    regrettably, as an organization, we would need to revisit
    what options are available to us.
●   We have had a long-standing relationship within the Town
    of Stayner, and we want to redevelop here locally, but in
    order for us to accomplish this, we need to remove the
    barriers to redevelopment.

Seeking Support...
●   We have had to notify the MLTC that we are not in a
    position to move forward with the redevelopment of one of
    our other projects at 96 beds.
●   The County of Grey and North Bay Town Council
    announced that they would be putting the redevelopment
    of Grey Gables and Cassellhome on hold.In both of these
    examples, even despite being exempt from Development
    Charges, the projects have had to be stopped.
    ○   https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/08/27/grey-gables-long-term-care-home-expansion-on-hold-beca
        use-of-costs.html
    ○   https://www.nugget.ca/news/its-a-no-city-council-rejects-cassellholmes-financing-option-for-redevelopment

Seeking Support...
●   We seek the support of Council
    ○   transfer the credit for Development Charges for the existing 49 bed Stayner Care
        Centre to the redeveloped Home, thus reducing the Development Charges by
        approximately 50%, leaving Development Charges to be applicable solely on the
        47 new beds being developed
    ○   applying the non-statutory exemptions undertaken by the Township of Clearview,
        to attract development the Stayner Care Centre respectfully requests the support
        of Council to realize further reductions to Development Charges being levied:
          ■ “Developments constructed for uses with a significant community benefit, as
              determined by Council, may have up to a 50% reduction to DC’s”
          ■ Application of the exemption for “Industrial use developments creating jobs
              shall have a reduction in total DC’s of 0.5% per new full time equivalent direct
              jobs created to a maximum of 30%”
    ○   Based on our review, applying the above strategies, would bring the Development
        Charges in line with our most recent projects (including municipal, town and
        education levies).

Conclusion
● Our resident’s, our families, our staff and the communities
  in which we serve, deserve the right to be cared for, live
  within and work within long term care homes of a modern
  design, so that together we can respond to the growing
  needs of seniors within Stayner.
● Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration.

Request for
Delegation to Council
                                          Addendum

Jarlette Health Services and The Stayner Care Centre respectfully submit this Addendum to the Request for
                              Delegation to Council – Township of Clearview

Table of Contents:

  ● Executive Summary
  ● Business Description – The Stayner Care Centre
  ● MLTC (Ministry of Long Term Care) Enhanced Capital Renewal
    Program)
  ● Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview
  ● Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Barriers
  ● Seeking Support
  ● Conclusion
  ● Addendum - Business Description – Jarlette Health Services
    (JHS)
  ● Addendum - Core Purpose & Core Values

Executive Summary:

The Stayner Care Centre is a fully accredited long term care home
located in Stayner, Ontario. Stayner boasts of a strong historic
downtown, settled amongst a picturesque backdrop and pristine
outdoor spaces, in close proximity to the more urban settings of
Barrie and Collingwood.

Owned and operated by Jarlette Health Services, The Stayner Care
Centre responded to a Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
(MOHLTC) redevelopment survey in May, 2015 and formally
submitted an application to the MLTC for redevelopment of the
home in December 2016, January 2017, March 2018 and November
2019.

The redevelopment plans for The Stayner Care Centre,
contemplates the development of a brand new, state of the art,
long term care home. Operating at a licensed capacity of 96
residents, our planning will allow for future growth and development,
potentially up to 128 residents and situated on a new property, with
the new long term care home being constructed just minutes from
the existing Stayner Care Centre. Conceptually, the redevelopment
of The Stayner Care Centre in this capacity has been a plan in
progress for several years, with full transparency and disclosure with
the Town of Stayner officials.

We trust that the supporting documentation contained herein will
provide background to Council on the project at hand, specifically
through a description of Jarlette Health Services as a whole, our core
purpose and core values, a description of The Stayner Care Centre,
an overview on the MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program,
Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview and support needed
from Council and the Township of Clearview.

Additionally, it is our intent to demonstrate that:

  ● the safety of our residents and staff has and always be our first
    priority;
  ● there is an identified need to rebuild and modernize older long
    term care homes, such as The Stayner Care Centre, so that
    they can meet the care needs of seniors today and tomorrow;
  ● there is an identified need to provide long term care homes
    with appropriate resources to protect and care for those living
    with dementia and responsive behaviours;
  ● there is an identified need to ensure that long term care homes
    can continue to meet the growing needs of the seniors in and
    around Stayner;
  ● time is of the essence.

Our resident’s, our families, our staff and the communities in which
we serve, deserve the right to be cared for, live within and work
within long term care homes of a modern design, but we cannot do
it alone. We also need the support of the local communities in which
we serve, if we are to respond to the growing needs of seniors in this
province, and specifically within Stayner.

It is our view that The Stayner Care Centre should be exempt from
Development Charges and or a reduction of Development Charges
or innovative and collaborative strategies to offset potential
Development Charges. In the absence of this, the viability of this
project is threatened.

Your support of this view will help to ensure a successful
redevelopment at The Stayner Care Centre through the elimination
of Development Charges for this project, and or a reduction of
Development Charges or innovative and collaborative strategies to
offset potential Development Charges.

Business Description – The Stayner Care Centre (long term care)

The Stayner Care Centre is a fully accredited long term care home
(commonly referred to as nursing homes) located in Stayner,
Ontario.

Licensed under the Ministry of Long Term Care (MLTC), The Stayner
Care Centre provides care and services for our residents who can no
longer live independently and or may need 24 hour nursing care.
Long term care homes are governed under the MLTC, The Long Term
Care Homes Act; 2007 and The Long Term Care Homes Regulations.

Respecting the uniqueness of each of our resident’s needs, The
Stayner Care Centre provides individualized care and services
including but not limited to:

  ●   24 hour nursing care with medical supervision
  ●   Dietary and nutritional services
  ●   Restorative and rehabilitative care
  ●   Recreation and leisure services
  ●   Chaplaincy and spiritual care
  ●   Housekeeping, linen and personal laundry services
  ●   On-site hairstyling and barbering
  ●   Volunteer services / paid employment

MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program

The Stayner Care Centre was built to design standards of the day
(which date back to 1972) and is one of 309 long term care homes
or approximately 30,000 long term care beds that were built to those
design standards. New design standards provide the appropriate
privacy, security and comfort for the residents we are caring for
today. The new design standards provide for enhanced sleeping,
living and dining environments – roughly twice the square footage
per resident than older homes. But they cost considerably more to
build and operate.

All long term care homes eligible for redevelopment were asked to
respond to a MLTC redevelopment survey by May 1, 2015 outlining
their intentions to redevelop, based on the parameters of the MLTC
Enhanced Capital Renewal Program. Subsequent to the completion
of the survey, the MLTC opened applications for those operators
wishing to apply for redevelopment. While the majority of older
homes wanted to rebuild, the current program, despite its many
enhancements, falls short in addressing numerous items such as land
costs, development charges and the acquisition of additional bed
licenses. Because of these shortfalls, despite the fact that there are
approximately 30,000 long term care beds to be redeveloped across
the province, to date only a small minority of these projects have
actually moved forward.

The funding announced as part of the Enhanced Long Term Care
Home Capital Renewal Program was a step in the right direction, but
the program doesn’t work for all of the older homes waiting to be
rebuilt. The challenges are many and varied, including:

        ● the cost and availability of land;
        ● economies of scale (construction and operational);
        ● a lack of new or additional beds to allow homes to rebuild
          in optimal efficiencies of scale;
        ● a lengthy and daunting prescriptive licensing process.

The Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Overview

Despite the challenges being faced under the MLTC Enhanced
Capital Renewal Program, Jarlette Health Services responded to the
MLTC redevelopment survey on May 1, 2015, advising of its intent to
redevelop The Stayner Care Centre and submitted formal
application to the MLTC in December 2016, January 2017, March
2018 and November 2019.

Currently, The Stayner Care Centre operates at a licensed capacity
of 49 long term care residents.

The redevelopment plans for The Stayner Care Centre,
contemplates the development of a brand new, state of the art,
long term care home, operating at a licensed capacity of 96
residents, but our planning will allow for future growth and
development, potentially up to 128 residents, situated on a new
property, just minutes from the existing Stayner Care Centre.
Conceptually, the redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre in this
capacity has been a plan in progress for several years, with full
transparency and disclosure with the Town of Stayner officials.

We truly believe in both transparency and taking a proactive
approach. To that end, even prior to having received the approval
from the MLTC to move forward with our project, we met with Mayor
Vanderkruys and Town Staff on July 29, 2016 and May 17, 2018.

During our discussions, we highlighted our concerns of the viability of
a 96 bed long term care home being redeveloped and truly while
we remained committed to seeing the redevelopment of the Home
within the Town of Stayner, a number of elements needed to align to
ensure the viability of the project and would require the help and
support of Town Staff and elected officials. We also highlighted that
we are one of very few Operators who will develop a home of this
size, as it lacks the economies of scale, which larger homes achieve.
One of the elements of significant concern was respect to
Development Charges. Truly, we were reassured when our asks for
help were responded to, that the Town would be supportive and
work towards a solution.

We continued to meet with Town Staff and or Mayor Measures, at
various times to work towards a resolution on September 16, 2020,
November 9, 2020 and February 10, 2021.

The Stayner Care Centre Redevelopment Barriers

Many would ask why we would even consider the redevelopment of
The Stayner Care Centre, or any of our homes, in light of the shortfalls
of the MLTC Enhanced Capital Renewal Program. The answer is
simple.

At JHS, and The Stayner Care Centre, we remain true to our core
purpose to “Make an Outstanding Difference in the Lives of Others"
through the implementation of our corporate values:

  ●   everything we do is with commitment and passion;
  ●   we treat people with respect;
  ●   we are proactively accountable and responsible; and
  ●   we strive to do the right thing.

Our resident’s, our families, our staff and the communities in which
we serve, deserve the right to be cared for, live within and work
within long term care homes of a modern design, but we cannot do
it alone. The MLTC, Ontario Health and the LHIN (Local Health
Integration Network) are obvious partners and their support is valued
and appreciated, both in terms of funding increases and resource
allotment, however, we also need the support of the local
communities in which we serve, if we are respond to the growing
needs of seniors in this province, and specifically within Stayner.

The safety of our residents and staff has and always will be our first
priority. The Stayner Care Centre, is a provider of long term care
within the Town of Stayner and has commendably managed to
provide a standard of quality care, despite increasing constraints in
a system designed for yesterday.

Aging long term care homes, such as The Stayner Care Centre
leaves us ill equipped to meet the growing needs and numbers of
today’s seniors, let alone those we will be asked to care for
tomorrow. Updating long term care homes to modern design
standards would:

● see the elimination of 4 bed wards, providing a higher quality
     of life, privacy and dignity for our seniors;
   ● result in larger rooms, combining generous spaces and places
     for private time, particularly important for people with
     dementia;
   ● provide appropriate privacy, security and comfort for the
     residents we are caring for today – roughly twice the square
     footage per resident than older homes, but again, they cost
     considerably more to build and operate.

There is an identified need to rebuild and modernize older long term
care homes, such as The Stayner Care Centre, so that they can
meet the care needs of seniors today and tomorrow.
There is a need to ensure that our parents and grandparents are
receiving a high standard of care in an environment designed to
meet the needs of todays and tomorrow's seniors.
Ultimately, not addressing the redevelopment needs of The Stayner
Care Centre will impact the provision of health and related services
within the community as a whole, creating additional challenges on
an already burdened health care system, such as ALC (Alternative
Level of Care).
Many people aren’t familiar with long term care until a friend or
family member enters the system, but once you’re familiar with the
system you can see that action is needed to give our seniors the
care they need and deserve. While government budgets may be
tight, levying development charges against a long term care home
seeking redevelopment simply takes away resources which could be
otherwise allocated to ensure that The Stayner Care Centre is
redeveloped and equipped with the resources required to care for
those who can no longer care for themselves.

Seeking Support
In the absence of a resolution to obstacles and barriers being faced
with respect to the redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre, the
viability of this project is threatened.
The redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre represents significant
economic stimulation for the community as a whole, both during the
construction process and post opening. The economic stimulation
could be impacted in a variety of ways, including employment,
shopping and tourism for the community as a whole. The removal of
obstacles and barriers being faced with respect to the
redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre is needed to ensure that
Stayner remains a vibrant and strong community.
It is our view that The Stayner Care Centre should be exempt from
Development Charges and or a reduction of Development Charges
or innovative and collaborative strategies to offset potential
Development Charges. If our request is granted, the Town would still
receive substantial increased revenues on the property taxes from
the new home. By our calculations, the increase in property taxes
that we would be paying to the Town would be approximately
$211,400 a year, compared to the current property taxes paid on the
existing Stayner Care Centre site of $35,000.
This position is supported in other jurisdictions, based upon
documentation provided by the MLTC, which demonstrates
evidence that of the 24 long term care homes that have either been
redeveloped under phase 1 of the long term care home renewal
strategy and / or the 1996 "D" bed program 14 of the projects did not
have any municipal Development Charges levied (more recent
experiences are not readily available - as there are minimal
redevelopments that have moved forward).
Based on our past experiences with respect to redevelopment, I
have provided our most recent examples of Development Charges
(which included the Municipal, County and School portions) in the
following:

Royal Rose Place (Welland, ON)
   ● 1st phase with the development of 96 beds were a total of
       $331,986, based on all in Development Charges at $3,459 /
       bed (this development opened approximately 5 years ago).
   ● We are currently nearing the completion of the 2nd phase of
       this redevelopment, which consists of an additional 64 beds
       slated to open Q4 of 2021. In this instance, all in
       Development Charges were calculated at $6,046 / bed.
   ● Total Development Charges for Phase 1 and 2 (160 beds)
       were $718,914, or $4,493 per bed.
   ● Again, these costs included Municipal, County and School
       portions.

Avalon Care Centre (Orangeville, ON) - 160 beds
    ● Based on our verbal discussions with the Mayor, recent bylaw
      amendments have been passed providing us with
      Development Charges at a reduction of 20% of the lowest
      posted rate.
    ● In this development, our project consists of a total of 128 units
      (96 private accommodations and 32 standard
      accommodations). In this example, the Municipal Charge
      (excluding County and School charges) would be $5106.00
      per unit for the 160 bed LTC homes.

Southampton Care Centre (Southampton, ON - Town of Saugeen
Shores) - 160 beds
    ● This project is slated to move ahead, and planning is well
       underway for the redevelopment of the existing home.
    ● No Development Charges will be levied, as the Long Term
       Care Homes have been exempted and the Town wants to
       see the development / redevelopment of the Long Term
       Care Homes.

Temiskaming Lodge (Temiskaming, ON - Town of Temiskaming
Shores) - 128 beds
    ● This project has moved forward and construction has
       commenced.
    ● The project is exempt from Development Charges.

Manitoulin Lodge (Gore Bay, ON) - 64 beds
   ● This project is in the planning stages, but no Development
      Charges will be levied and the Town has verbalized additional
      supports in the form of land donation and or other financial
      assistance from neighboring Municipalities, but this has not
      gone to Council for formal approval.
   ● Regrettably, although our application for redevelopment has
      been made, it is contingent upon a post redevelopment small
      home strategy to ensure the long term viability of the Home.

Meadow Park Chatham (Chatham, ON - Municipality of Chatham
Kent) - 160 beds
    ● This project is slated to move ahead, and planning is well
        underway for the redevelopment of the existing home.
    ● No Development Charges will be levied.

Meadow Park London (London, ON) - 96 beds
   ● This project is in the planning stages, but no Development
     Charges will be experienced as we are redeveloping within
     the existing footprint of the home.
   ● Regrettably, we have recently notified the MLTC that the
     redevelopment of this home at 96 beds is not feasible at this
     time.

Villa Care Centre (Midland, ON) - 160 beds

●   An agreement on the deferral of the Development Charges
        was reached with full support of the Town, based on a
        deferral of Development Charges to be paid out at set
        intervals. Additionally, our agreement with the Town also
        includes the ability for further reduction of Development
        Charges in the form of credits being applied to work which
        may require to be undertaken. For example, the sewer
        needed to be relocated at an approximate cost of $100,000,
        which will then be deducted from the amounts owing.
    ●   All in all, the Development Charges totalled $854,583. or
        $5,341 per resident less $100,000 or $754,583 ($4716 per
        resident).
    ●   The agreement also included language that if anything
        happened provincially whereby the Province exempted all
        Long Term Care Homes from Development Charge levies,
        that we would be exempt for any future deferral payments.

A number of rationales support the exemption, reduction or
innovative and collaborative strategies to offset potential
Development Charges:
   ● the services that development charges are intended to support
     are not utilized by our residents i.e. parks, trails, arenas, libraries,
     etc.
   ● the majority of our residents do not drive
   ● although we are not a hospital, we do provide care and
     services in a similar type of congregate setting and on the
     premise that hospitals are exempt, so should long term care
     homes
   ● Charitable homes and Municipal homes for the aged are
     exempt from development charges
   ● it is our understanding that neighbouring communities, such as
     the Town of Penetanguishene deem long term homes as
     commercial designations and as such, do not levy
     development charges for long term care homes
   ● although funding is provided to support the redevelopment of
     homes such as The Stayner Care Centre, the construction
     funding provided is limited; as a result this has caused many
     operators to stop and pause, opting not to pursue
     redevelopment, again, the most recent call for redevelopment

has only seen a minority of long term care homes moving
    ahead with redevelopment
  ● additionally, the funding provided still leaves the operator with
    needing to raise millions of dollars to fund the remainder of the
    project
  ● in our case, The Stayner Care Centre currently has the capacity
    to provide care for a total of 49 long term care residents; given
    the need for long-term care and the ageing population
    feasibility studies for the area show an increased demand for
    long term care services, hence our desire to increase the
    licensed capacity of the home, which is only achieved by the
    operator purchasing bed licenses at significant costs.
  ● We have invested more into this home to ensure that the home
    can expand, as demand increases in the future.

Without a resolution to the barriers to redevelopment, regrettably, as
an organization, we would need to revisit what options are available
to us. We have had a long-standing relationship within the Town of
Stayner, and we want to redevelop here locally, but in order for us to
accomplish this, we need to remove the barriers to redevelopment.

Over the last month, we have recently notified the MLTC that the
redevelopment of this home at 96 beds is not feasible at this time.
We certainly don’t want to see this happen in Stayner, but again, we
need your help and support.

It bears noting that the viability of redevelopment projects is also of
concern to Operators of Municipal Homes and Homes for the Aged.
In 2 very recent examples, The County of Grey announced that they
would be putting the redevelopment of Grey Gables on hold,
because of costs. Additionally, North Bay Town Council has had to
revisit the redevelopment of Cassellhome Home for the Aged, given
the associated costs. In both of these examples, even despite being
exempt from Development Charges, the projects have had to be
stopped.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/08/27/grey-gables-lon
g-term-care-home-expansion-on-hold-because-of-costs.html

https://www.nugget.ca/news/its-a-no-city-council-rejects-cassellhol
mes-financing-option-for-redevelopment

We feel strongly that Council should be doing everything it can to
support a successful redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre
through the elimination of Development Charges for this project,
and or a reduction of Development Charges or innovative and
collaborative strategies to offset potential development charges.
As communicated with Town Staff, we seek the support of Council to
transfer the credit for Development Charges for the existing 49 bed
Stayner Care Centre to the redeveloped Home, thus reducing the
Development Charges by approximately 50%, leaving Development
Charges to be applicable solely on the 47 new beds being
developed.
Further applying the non-statutory exemptions undertaken by the
Township of Clearview, to attract development the Stayner Care
Centre respectfully requests the support of Council to realize further
reductions to Development Charges being levied:
  ● “Developments constructed for uses with a significant
    community benefit, as determined by Council, may have up to
    a 50% reduction to DC’s”
  ● Application of the exemption for “Industrial use developments
    creating jobs shall have a reduction in total DC’s of 0.5% per
    new full time equivalent direct jobs created to a maximum of
    30%”
Based on our review, applying the above strategies, would bring the
Development Charges in line with our most recent projects
(including municipal, town and education levies).

Conclusion

In conclusion, on behalf of the resident’s, their families and the staff
of Jarlette Health Services and The Stayner Care Centre, we wish to
extend our sincere appreciation for your thoughtful consideration
and support of the challenges being faced with respect to the
redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre.

We are confident that Council will do the right thing and support, a
successful redevelopment of The Stayner Care Centre through the
elimination of Development Charges for this project, and or a
reduction of Development Charges or innovative and collaborative
strategies to offset potential Development Charges by:
  ● transferring the credit for Development Charges for the existing
    49 bed Stayner Care Centre to the redeveloped Home, thus
    reducing the Development Charges by approximately 50%,
    leaving Development Charges to be applicable solely on the
    47 new beds being developed; and
  ● further applying the non-statutory exemptions undertaken by
    the Township of Clearview, to attract development by applying
    a 50% reduction to Development Charges based upon the
    significant community benefit;
  ● and by applying up to an additional 30% reduction in
    Development Charges based upon the creation of jobs.
Our resident’s, our families, our staff and the communities in which
we serve, deserve the right to be cared for, live within and work
within long term care homes of a modern design, so that together
we can respond to the growing needs of seniors within Stayner.

Addendum - Business Description – Jarlette Health Services (JHS)

859530 Ontario Inc. operating as Jarlette Health Services (JHS) is the
owner and operator of 14 long term care homes and 7 retirement
communities. An 8th retirement lodge and seniors townhouse
complex is nearing completion, with an anticipated opening in early
2022. Proudly Canadian, our long-term care homes and retirement
communities are located across Ontario, providing care and
services to 1500 long term care residents and approximately 500
retirement residents, including long-term care, short stay, interim bed
placements and convalescent care.

Family owned and operated, Alex & Roberta (Bobbie) Jarlette
founded JHS in 1970 with one long-term care home, The Villa Care
Centre, Midland, Ontario. The legacy of caring has now spanned in
excess of 50 years. It was and still is paramount to the Jarlette family
to provide compassionate, family oriented care in a warm and
inviting atmosphere.

In Alex’s words, “It’s much more than a business; it’s something of a
family legacy.” Today, three generations of the Jarlette family all
play a critical part in continuing the work first started in 1970.”

Despite tremendous growth and success, as a family, they have
never looked back, nor forgotten the vision of the organization.
Today, David Jarlette, Alex and Bobbie’s son is President and humbly
acknowledges “Our company is large enough to be recognized as
a leader in long-term care and retirement living and yet still remains
resident and community focused.”

Our core philosophy of care is extended throughout our corporate
culture all the way to our vendors, partners and employees, and is
one of the key factors for our continued success.

Throughout the province, we offer long-term care in 14 different
communities spanning the northeast corridors of the province,
including Manitoulin Lodge in Gore Bay, Elizabeth Centre in Val
Caron and Temiskaming Lodge in Haileybury; down to the southwest
regions of the province, including Meadow Park (Chatham and
London), Royal Rose Place in Welland, Alexander Place in
Waterdown and Southampton Care Centre in Southampton and the
central regions of the province, including Stayner Care Centre in
Stayner, Avalon Care Centre in Orangeville, Roberta Place in Barrie,
Leacock Care Centre in Orillia, The Stayner Care Centre in Stayner
and Muskoka Landing in Huntsville.

Our retirement communities are located within the central regions of
the province, providing a variety of levels of care and services
including independent living and assisted living with a strategic
desire to offer memory care within our existing communities including
Avalon Retirement Lodge in Orangeville, Roberta Place Retirement
Lodge in Barrie, Leacock Retirement Lodge in Orillia, The Villa
Retirement Lodge in Midland, Bayfield House in Penetanguishene,
Waterside Retirement Lodge in Wasaga Beach and St. Angela’s
Meadow Retirement Lodge in Chatham. Our 8th retirement lodge,
“Muskoka Landing Retirement Lodge” and seniors townhouse
complex is nearing completion and will complement the existing
long term care home already in operation in Huntsville, with an
anticipated opening in early 2022. We are excited to see the final
phase complete our vision of a campus of care, allowing seniors
within our care to age in place, living life with purpose and meaning.

Four of our campuses already offer a continuum of care (long term
care and retirement services on the same property), allowing
residents to progress through the various levels of care to meet their
individual needs, while providing accessibility and ease of access to
services to family members and spouses who may require different
levels of required assistance.

                     (Roberta Place Lodge &
          Roberta Place Long Term Care – Barrie, Ontario)

A basket of service offerings and amenities are provided within our
long term care homes and retirement lodges, to ensure that the
holistic needs of our residents can easily and readily be met within
our centres. Such service offerings and amenities may include:
   ● Specialized Services – Chiropody, Massage, Chiropractic
   ● Wellness – Fitness Centre, Spa Room, Tuck Shop, Salon
       (Hairstylist, Barber, Esthetician and/or Nail Salon)
   ● Recreations and Leisure - Licensed areas for social soirees, Craft
       room, Games Room, Whirlpool and Therapeutic Tubs, Theatre /
       Multi-purpose Room, Private / Family Dining Room, Library,
       Outdoor Areas – (Patios and Gardens)
   ● Volunteers and Volunteer Opportunities

Addendum - Core Purpose & Core Values

Our core purpose is to “Make an Outstanding Difference in the Lives
of Others" through the implementation of our corporate values:

  ●   everything we do is with commitment and passion;
  ●   we treat people with respect;
  ●   we are proactively accountable and responsible; and
  ●   we strive to do the right thing.