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5. Circumstances related to the ECC Property and the area in which it is located have changed sufficiently since the adoption of the Land Use Element to justify a change to the proposed land use designation. New information is also available which was not considered at the time of the 2005 PEMC Master Plan adoption. Specifically, PEMC has entered into a purchase, sale and exchange agreement with ECC allowing it to acquire the ECC Property for hospital development, evaluated patient needs beyond 2030, and prepared a Master Plan for the ECC Property. 6. The proposed land use designation presents a more desirable land use pattern for both ECC and PEMC and it is in the community's best interest because it provides for the long-term health care and educational needs of the community. 7. The approval of PEMC's request does not constitute a grant of special privilege to a single owner of property because PEMC's expansion needs in this area are unique and will be accomplished with the proposers change. 8. The change required by PEMC will not be anplied to other properties in the area and PEMC's proposed land use designation will not create pressure to change the land use designation of other properties in the vicinity. PEMC's Master Plan for the ECC Property accommodates anticipated hospital growth beyond 2030, thereby relieving pressure to further change residential uses in the surrounding area. 9. Allowing for a maximum height of 175 feet on a portion of the ECC Property is consistent with the height currently allowed in PEMC's Master Plan for the Colby Campus, allows for patient hospital needs to be met in the center of the PEMC campus rather than adjacent to residential areas, and allows PEMC to develop functional nursing units for in -patient care in accordance with the projected need.