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Kincardine council has agreed to postpone renovations to the
lower level of the Kincardine Community Medical Clinic, as
requested by the physicians' group.
In committee-of-the-whole Wednesday night (Jan. 14), chief
administrative officer John deRosenroll explained that Parkin
Architects plan to make a presentation to council Feb. 11,
regarding the entire project, which includes basement
renovations for McKechnie Pharmacy and building an addition to
the upper floor.
In the meantime, council had planned to renovate part of the
lower level and allow the administrative staff and the pharmacy
to move there this spring. but the physicians' group is
concerned about having those people exposed to the noise and
dust during the remaining renovations, said deRosenroll.
Therefore, it has recommended that the basement renovations and
the pharmacy be one project, to be tendered in the spring and
completed by August. Then administrative staff and the pharmacy
would move to the lower level, and work could begin on the
addition.
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"I would have preferred we used the basement sooner
rather than later," said councillor Ron Hewitt. "Then we could recover
some of the rent for that space." "We can discuss that with Parkin
Architects," said deRosenroll.
In response to a question from council, he said the renovations,
pharmacy and addition will be tendered as a joint project in order to
get the best price. "The renovation of the pharmacy is a major project,"
he said. "It's a lot more complicated than the rest."
"We should draw up a rental agreement with the pharmacy by February and
then proceed with the renovation," said Hewitt.
Council directed staff to defer the renovations to the lower level of
the medical clinic; to make the renovations, pharmacy and addition all
one project after consultation with Parkin Architects; and draw up a
rental agreement with the pharmacy.
Given the previous problems with flooding in the clinic's lower level,
mayor Larry Kraemer was happy to report, "There is no water in the
basement," meaning the retrofit was successful.
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