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<br />U. \-VORK SESSION~ CfTY COriN(~lLPRIORlTY ISSUF.r-HOSP.nAL nl~VELOPMENT <br /> IN 'rUE CEN'IE.R CORE <br />City Manager Taylor iutrudu<x:d the item, ree.aUing that in 2.0G4 the council had adopted as its onlY go""l <br />that the ~;;iting of a hospital in the eenter core, <m area defined as <12.1/2 mik area an>und 2"4 Avenue and <br />Chamh<:Ts Stn;~et 011 the i;outh side of t.he river. 'fhat god was eanied forward in 2005. Staff had pn:vanx'l <br />an action p1ankr the goal (A.tt.adune.m B in the rnetting packet) that outEned a thnx,>.phase pnx:ess.....Site <br />Sekdion, Planning and Design, and Con:~t.ruction-tz) accomplish tl:k goal. He antidpated a three. to <br />five-year process before a ne"l,V hospital could be buill. <br />City Manag{.'T 'raylor rcminded the c-ounc:H that th~ City reached the outline of an agrecm<~nt 'with the <br />MeK;:;:nzie..WiHamdk Health Center and with staff from t1H:~Eug.eneWater & E1c.:tric BOHrd {EWEB) iu <br />Fall 2004. He recalkd that on;;:: of the issues thc council discussed at its Dec{''11:lber 2n04 work session on <br />the Sll~jcct Vias the hospital':..; stipulation that it~ location on thi;: EWER site depended on the <;;i.)Hi;tmction <br />of an u!1dcrpa"~s in the Patterson Street ~m~H. Staff had developed a f1nandng and conf,tnKtion plait tl))" <br />that facility, anticipating the coMs would be repaid by thc tax incxement generakd by an $;~;5 milHon <br />hospital located in the urhan rene\val di~.,tricL The cOli..'1cil ah,(l discu::;f,ed purchasing th;:;: riparian edge of <br />the EWEB property to ensure it could control what occurred in that area \vith regard to pedestrian and <br />bkyc1ing connections. Funding \Vas induded in thc tlscal year 1006 budget to support the $taiT \vork <br />/\.t th.is point City i\fa:nager "faybr j,',aid., ail the elemcnts under the City's control \ve.rc in place, The <br />outstanding Issue that remai.ned was site sdectkn and. land <I$serribly, wh.ich precluded the Chy fmm <br />executing an agre.ement that allowed it to be!;,>1n to design the undcrpaj,',s, The City lacked <.lnly l1 finn <br />commitment or ti.mdine from the hospital tor the purchase of the EWEB site. Sp<;~aking to that iSi;ue, City <br />tvhnager Taylor $aid that at the.la~.;t EWEB meeting, E\VEB :4affreconnnended the commi:;;sioners pur::;ue <br />the move of :,;ome or aU of its ope:rat.i<.)m to a new site in a pha.sed ml1!1ncr. The commissioncrs dcdbed to <br />adopt the i;ta1T r<x:omlm~ndaLion, and instem:l directed stafT to l;:.ontinue work on the engineering and <br />;:m.:hitedural design nece:,;::;ary fbr anxrve that occurred either in phases or aU at once. Hc antkipi;lkd that <br />work would not be done until mid,Nove:mbt:L <br />City tvhnager Taylor acknowledged hope th<:t the i;ite tm:nsadion would. h.ave already o<;t::urroo, darifyhlg <br />the location of the hospital in time to influence the cert.ifkate of need process through "l,vhkh the hospit.al <br />h.ad to go, aHowing E\VEB to put forw<m:l a refinancing proposal thii; year. However, that would nS:Jt be <br />the ca:,;e. 1ne City'::; plans remained in effect.. Stafrwa~, prepared to move f!)lward vlhen n<x:essary. lk <br />added that {h.i: work the City had done with regard to phtrming l{lr the 1,.m.derpaH~., had application not Oilly <br />for this project, hut for othcr projects in. t.he urban ren.ewal district. <br />Cit.yfvlanagt:'f 'l'aylm acknowledged t.he work of Acting Phnning and Devdopment. Director Susan i.v.luir, <br />Assistant City Manag<;T Jim C~u'bon, Public \Vorh Director Kurt Corey, Keli Oi;bom (If the Ph:rmiug and <br />Development DepHrtnlenL and Sue Cutwgeorge of the Centml Servlcei; Department, who were aU pre:..;ent <br />to answer questions it'D-eeded. <br />tvhyor Piercy called on the .~.ollndl for qucstions aHd cou:nnmts. <br />M:..;. Ortiz. determined fn.nn the manager that if the hospital did not HI..H:-ceed in securing the HVfEB i;ite, the <br />coun>:-Ll ~ldion plan \Voul.d. n~)t go ti)nvarcL <br />Ms. Ortiz a.sked if the City would offer a similar package of a::;sistance to anothcr private ho::;plbL City <br />Manager Tayior believed thc City would offer a simitar pad..:<ige to a development locating in an urban <br />MINUTES-Eugene City Cou:n<.~il August B, 1005 Page 3 <br /> W oik Session <br />