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Work Session: Potential Hospital Sites
Meeting Date: March 12, 2008 Agenda Item Number: B
Department: Planning & Development Staff Contact: Susan Muir
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-6077
ISSUE STATEMENT
This work session is to provide an update to the City Council on discussions surrounding potential
hospital sites in Eugene. Staff will inform the council of the discussions that have recently occurred
with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. Additionally, staff will present council with the sites in
Eugene that are under consideration by McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center. Staff will also ask for
feedback and direction from the council on the potential hospital sites and next steps.
BACKGROUND
In January 2007, City Council readopted one of its 10 goals to facilitate the development of a full-
service hospital in Eugene. On April 19, 2006, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center filed applications
for a proposal to locate their hospital at a site at the northwest corner of North Delta Highway and Ayres
Road known as the Delta Ridge site. After many meetings in front of the Eugene Planning Commission,
and prior to a hearing before the City Council, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center decided the Delta
Ridge site was not the right site for their hospital. Consequently, on January 14, 2008, McKenzie-
Willamette Medical Center withdrew their land use applications for the Delta Ridge proposed site and
began working on alternative sites in the region.
City staff has met many times with the McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center leadership to partner on a
potential site over the last 45 days, since the withdrawal of their application. The McKenzie-Willamette
Medical Center leadership has many criteria they are using in their decision-making process, some of
which include: proximity to existing medical facilities, customers and other needed resources, costs, site
characteristics, timing, and complexity of the process to make the site ‘shovel ready’ for a hospital.
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center leadership is using these criteria in their decision-making process
with the belief that once all of these criteria have been evaluated for each site, their ultimate hospital site
will rise to the top for them.
The City has discussed many potential sites with the hospital leadership. Timeliness is of significant
importance to the hospital and it is critical that their decision-making process move forward quickly.
The hospital is considering multiple sites in both Eugene and Springfield. Their list of potential
locations in Eugene has been narrowed to three sites. Maps and details on the sites will be available at
the March 12, 2008, meeting.
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RELATED CITY POLICIES
This work session topic is related to the City Council goal to facilitate the development of a full service
hospital in Eugene.
COUNCIL OPTIONS
1.Direct the City Manager to return as soon as possible after break with a project work plan and
timeline that could include initiation of any required plan amendments and zone changes to
support one or more of the potential hospital sites.
2.Direct the City Manager to continue conversations with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
on one or more of the potential hospital sites.
3.Direct the City Manager to work with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center to look for other
alternative sites.
4.Recommend the hospital move forward on potential sites without support from the City.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends that the council direct staff to return as soon as possible after break with
a proposed work plan with timelines and cost impacts for the council-supported site. This work plan
would include initiation of any required plan amendments and zone changes to support this site.
In addition, the City Manager recommends that the council direct staff to continue conversations with
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center on the hospital’s two alternative sites.
SUGGESTED MOTIONS
Move to direct the City Manager to return as soon as possible after break with a proposed work plan
with timelines and cost impacts for the council-supported site. This work plan would include initiation
of any required plan amendments and zone changes to support this site.
Move to direct the City Manager to continue conversations with McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center
on the hospital’s two alternative sites.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Susan Muir
Telephone: 682-6077
Staff E-Mail: susan.l.muir@ci.eugene.or.us
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