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B.WORK SESSION: Update on Downtown Hospital Sites <br /> <br />City Manager Jim Carlson introduced the item. He noted that Planning and Development <br />Department Director Tom Coyle and Glenn Klein of the City Attorney's Office were present for the <br />presentation and to answer questions. Mr. Carlson reminded the council that it directed staff to <br />identify sites for the location of a possible hospital in downtown. <br /> <br />Mr. Coyle called the council's attention to the list of possible sites and list of possible incentives in <br />the meeting packet. <br /> <br />Mr. Coyle commended Mike Sullivan and Richie Weinman of Planning and Development <br />Department for their work in assembling the materials before the council. <br /> <br />Mr. Carlson reported that the City continued to have discussions with PeaceHealth about its <br />downtown campus and with McKenzie Willamette Hospital at a very high level. Many issues were <br />"up in the air," and there was no concrete proposals or requests from either hospital or any <br />hospital. He did not think staff could go much further beyond the work that had been done, and <br />suggested there was no purpose in spending additional staff time until the City had a concrete <br />proposal before it. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey solicited council comments and questions. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thanked staff for the work it had done. He agreed it was difficult to do much more in the <br />absence of concrete proposals, but the motion the council passed in September was in force, and <br />he hoped the staff continued to meet with the two hospitals and request additional resources from <br />the council if needed. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that the candidate sites should meet basic criteria, such as being reasonably near <br />the city center. He said that the Greenhill site did not meet that goal. He wanted two viable, <br />separately owned hospitals in the metropolitan area, appropriately located, so citizens had health <br />care available at a reasonable price. <br /> <br />Regarding the incentives, Mr. Kelly thought all could work depending on the situation, but he <br />agreed little could be done on them in the absence of a concrete proposal. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner thanked staff for the work it had done. He concurred with much of what Mr. Kelly <br />said. He did not want the City to be passive, and wanted it to be open to discussion and <br />opportunities. He did not want the City to become a hospital developer, but he wanted it to be <br />more than just willing to respond, but able to be actively engaged at a moment's notice. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said the incentives seemed reasonable but none would be easy to do when the time <br />came. He hoped that staff continued to actively engage the hospital communities. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that it was time for the City to consult with those with expertise in hospital <br />location to determine what a hospital needed in terms of a site, and how a hospital would choose <br />a site. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor also commended the staff work. He wanted to see the work that had been done on the <br />subject and turn it into an information packet to provide to the Metro Partnership for distribution to <br />the representatives of interested hospitals. He thought each site should be accompanied by a site <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 13, 2002 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />