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Mr. Kelly pointed out there were numerous individuals throughout the community who supported <br />a downtown location for the hospital, including members of the medical community and an <br />organization entitled Citizens for a Hospital in the Heart of Eugene. Mr. Kelly read excepts from a <br />motion recently passed by the Board of Trustees of the Lane County Medical Society: <br /> <br /> We encourage continued thoughtful discussion by PeaceHealth, the City Council, and <br /> the wider community with exploration and comparison of afl possible locations, <br /> including the Crescent property and the downtown site proposed by the City of <br /> Eugene. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly concluded that the main motion left the "door open" for PeaceHealth to come back to <br />the table. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor stated she regretted much of the language taken out of the main motion but that she <br />would support it. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman stated she would support the motion as a goodwill gesture. She stated that even <br />though the City had not opposed PeaceHealth applying for a permit for the Crescent site, there <br />was a perception that it had. Ms. Bettman pointed out that the City did not have the analysis, nor <br />the data, to reflect what the costs would be for PeaceHealth to build in North Eugene as they had <br />not yet applied for their permit, and therefore it would be premature for the City to intercede in <br />that process. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner stated that he believed it was in the best interest of Peace Health to participate in a <br />public discussion of hospital needs and downtown options. He pointed out that the community <br />was deeply divided on this issue and that PeaceHealth would need the support of the community <br />to build a new facility. Mr. Meisner acknowledge that Alan Yordy, Chief Executive Officer of <br />PeaceHealth, was in the audience and thanked him for coming. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson said that if the main motion were to pass, the implication would be that he would <br />send an appropriate letter to Mr. Yordy, followed by a response from that letter that the <br />downtown area was not an option for further discussion. Therefore, he added that by the <br />removal of Item 6, PeaceHealth would be able to consider the Crescent site as a viable option. <br />Mr. Johnson stated that he did not believe that that particular site was a optimum site; rather, the <br />Coburg site would be the optimum site. <br /> <br /> The main motion passed 7:1, with Mr. Farr opposed. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey stated that items 1 and 2 of the possible motion pertaining to a Coburg-Crescent <br />Hospital Site were now moot due to the above actions of the council and proceeded to read <br />items 3 through 6. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. PapS, moved: 3) to direct the City Manager to <br /> enter into discussions with PeaceHealth and School District 4J to develop a <br /> master plan for the Coburg-Crescent area to accommodate a new hospital, a <br /> new school, and new park and open space site, with an entrance to the new <br /> hospital from Coburg Road. The direction to the City Manager is to: a) <br /> discuss land sales and/or land swaps so that all three major uses have <br /> sufficient land to serve the community; and b) arrange the three uses in a <br /> manner that best serves the community into the future; 4) to direct the City <br /> Manager to initiate the process to create a medical services zone for both the <br /> <br />MINUTES- City Council Work Session August 8, 2001 <br /> <br /> <br />