Resolution 5595 - Laserfiche WebLink

1. The purpose for the requested Comprehensive Plan land use map amendment is to make it possible for PEMC to expand in order to meet projected population and patient growth over the next 20 years, and 2. The proposed expansion will address a service capacity demand issue which, at the present time, PEMC is often unable to meet, and 3. PEMC has made a convincing case to the City Council that the expansion to the east is the best alternative it has available at this time, in terms of cost, timing, certainty, and operational efficiencies, and 4. City regulations including in the proposed Institutional Overlay Zone concerning, but not limited to, Design Guidelines, landscaping, signage and lighting shall be used to review each of the necessary construction permit phases;and 5. The proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment application, while counter to housing preservation and neighborhood protection policies, and taking into account the many compelling and heartfelt comments so well stated in the public record in regard to this action, does meet conditions spelled out in the Capital Improvement Element of the Plan in that hospitals are clearly listed as critical facilities and are recognized as"hard to site." This set of conditions places the facility in a position to be granted maximum effort on the part of the City Council to support its stated need to expand. PEMC has in fact submitted the Master Plan and Comprehensive Plan amendment required by the City before such expansion could be contemplated. And PEMC has convincingly stated its case for expansion to those who followed these proceedings. Therefore the City Council does herein find that the proposal meets the requirements of the Comprehensive Plan, at a sufficient level that on balance the proposal does pass the necessary test;the proposal does in fact meet requirements found in the adopted Comprehensive Plan; and 6. As partial mitigation for impacts to the residential area, PEMC offered a buffer area with a minimum of 50 feet and up to 100 feet, for an average depth of 75 feet running between 13th Street and 14th Street along the west side of Oakes Ave.. The buffer will include landscaping, paths and attractive open spaces for use by the general public; and 7. The public health safety and welfare will be provided for by the proposal under existing development regulations of the City; and 8. The proposed amendment to the land use map and rezone promotes the best long term interests of the Everett Community; and 9. The City Council accepts PEMC's position that it has taken, and continues to take, all reasonable steps to save and move to a worthy location, those Donovan homes in block 248 that are in sound structural condition;and 2