CC Minutes - 03/12/08 Work Session

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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room – City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon March 12, 2008 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, George Poling, Mike Clark, Jennifer Solomon, Alan Zelenka, Bonny Bettman. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. A. WORK SESSION: Potential Hospital Sites City Manager pro tem Angel Jones noted that representatives from the hospital were in attendance. She stated that the purpose of the work session was to address potential hospital sites in line with the City Council goal of locating a full service hospital in Eugene. She related that the council had identified this need as one of the top seven priorities in both 2006 and 2007. She said McKenzie-Willamette Hospital was in a decision-making process for a new site, after the Delta Ridge site had not come to fruition. She recapped the Delta Ridge proposal, which had been for construction of a 148-bed hospital that would ultimately be expanded to 198 beds, with a 24-hour full service level 3 trauma center emergency department. She related that the estimated cost of the facility was $224 million. She stated that the City’s dedicated parties, along with the hospital and the University of Oregon, had been working with staff to explore potential sites to ensure the hospital would be located in the best place in order to serve the entire community. Susan Muir, Executive Director of the Planning and Development Department (PDD), provided a PowerPoint presentation on Potential Hospital Sites, hard copies of which were provided to all who were present. She stressed that time was of the essence. She reviewed the three sites that were under consideration, noting that all three would face a 12- to 13-month timeline for zone changes. She highlighted the Council Options as recommended by the City Manager: ? Return with a project work plan and timeline on a preferred site or sites, ? Continue conversations with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center on a preferred site or sites, ? Look for other alternative sites, ? Recommend the hospital move forward on potential sites without support from the City. She provided two suggested council motions, one to direct the City Manager to return after council break with a project work plan and timeline that included initiation of any required plan amendments and zone changes to support the Riverfront Research Park site or to move to direct the City Manager to continue conversations with the hospital on the other two sites. Mayor Piercy appreciated the discussion and the opportunity to locate a hospital in Eugene. Ms. Ortiz declared a potential conflict of interest as she worked for Sacred Heart Hospital. MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 12, 2008 Page 1 Work Session