Item C: City Council Priority Issue - Hospital Update

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McKenzie-Willamette MEDICAL CENTER extraordinary care ATTACHMENT A November 15,2005 Mr. Dennis Taylor, City Manager City of Eugene 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 Eugene, Oregon 97401 Dear Dennis: McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center has agreed to purchase approximately 42 acres of land now in use as a golf course off Delta Highway north of Ayers Road. McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center seeks to build a 148-bed state-of-the-art acute care hospital on the property. We anticipate adjacent development of one or more medical office or surgery center building(s) totaling as much as 100,000 square feet each. We now seek information from the City of Eugene about the following questions/issues: 1. Zoning and Regulatory Reviews McKenzie- Willamette desires to assure itself that the property is or can be properly zoned for hospital development, and appropriate regulatory reviews can be completed quickly, to facilitate start of construction. Please describe the steps and estimated time lines (critical path) for all applicable land use review and building pennit processes in order for us to gain access to site for construction a. Annexation b. Zoning c. Land use plan amendments (Would the City initiate any Plan amendments?) 2. Site Issues Over the next thirty days, please ensure there are no unreasonable limitations for redevelopment of the property--which may be contained either in existing l'egulations or held by the City on its own behalf or on behalf of the County or any other source. Please address any unique regulatory requirements for construction on the property, such as (but not limited to) 'a. setbacks, b. height restrictions, c. stann water, d. waste water, e. floodplain, f. parking, and g. public safety requirements, 1460 G Street · SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477-4197 . (541) 726-4400 . FAX (541) 726-4540 www.mckweb.com