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for further negotiation, complicating the issue and increasing the expense. She wanted to focus on the <br />City's objectives and accommodate PeaceHealth's plans at its Hilyard site and complete negotiations for <br />the EWEB site. She agreed the City did not want to act prematurely in changing the designation on the <br />EWEB site. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly understood Mr. Poling's points and said he did not want to place a roadblock in the way of a <br />new provider. However, he thought it unlikely such a party would enter the picture. He suggested that <br />given the text of the motion passed, a site-specific overlay could be done to cover the entire north river <br />bank. He agreed with Ms. Bettman that the current ordinance could also facilitate a hospital at another <br />location other than the EWEB site, which was also a concern to him. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly believed that staff had been responsive to the McKenzie-Willamette/Triad situation and could <br />be equally responsive to a new party entering the picture, or in the event the EWEB property did not work <br />out. <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor indicated his agreement with Mr. Klein that it would be premature to act on <br />the issues associated with the remand until some of the other issues played themselves out further, <br />allowing the City to develop a specific response. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 determined from City Manager Taylor that EWEB had not yet signed an agreement with <br />McKenzie-Willamette/Triad to sell its site. Mr. Kelly noted that the commissioners had authorized <br />funding for preliminary design work to determine the costs of moving the utility. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling determined from Mr. Klein that the council was not obligated to act on the remand by any <br />particular date. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from City Manager Taylor, Mr. Klein confirmed that the ordinance and the <br />provisions that would have enabled PeaceHealth to make changes to its site without a conditional use <br />permit were not in effect. The changes the council made in October 2003 were not in effect. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman repeated her suggestion that the council develop site-specific zones, one for the new hospital <br /> site and one for the existing PeaceHealth site. However, she did not think the council should open every <br /> zone to a hospital use as it conflicted with the City's goals. <br /> <br /> Mr. Solomon asked if the City was hampering PeaceHealth's ability to move forward through any of its <br /> actions. City Manager Taylor reiterated that, in the absence of the ordinance, the hospital would have to <br /> go through the conditional use permit process. <br /> <br /> Mr. Kelly asked if the conditional use permit process was a burden for PeaceHealth and if the council <br /> could be more surgical in its implementation. He suggested that PeaceHealth inform the City of its needs <br /> in that regard. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor believed the council should wait to see what was presented to it before acting. <br /> <br /> Mayor Piercy determined that staff would return to the council with more specific information about the <br /> two hospitals' plans for the future. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 9, 2005 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />