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Phase 2B Proposed to Complete in 2007. Expand emergency department and operating room capacity. Phase 3 Completion in 2010. Construct an expansion to hospital bed tower 1 on the site of the existing parking garage. The structure would house beds for radiology, surgery, sleep services, intensive care, respiratory and medical nursing patients. The building would also house labs and a pharmacy. Before the parking garage is removed, new parking (600 potential stalls) would be provided in the expansion area to the east, with another 300 replacement stalls proposed on the existing campus. Phase 4 Completion in 2015 Construct a replacement bed tower(a"replacement hospital") on the eastern expansion site. This structure would house beds for rehabilitation, chemical dependency, telemetry, medical and surgical patients, as well as necessary critical support functions. 6. Each phase of the project will be reviewed by the City at a future date, subject to information from project-specific studies that will need to be conducted at the appropriate time, including but not limited to: traffic, parking, and geotech/drainage, and other studies as called for by the City. 7. The existing right-of-way along 13th Street will be improved in appearance and function, including pedestrian and landscaping enhancements between Broadway and the PEMC campus, according to direction from the City Engineer. 8. City regulations concerning, but not limited to,Design Guidelines, landscaping, signage and lighting shall be used to review each of the necessary construction permit phases. 9. The proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment, while counter to housing preservation and neighborhood protection policies, and taking into account the many compelling and heartfelt reasons so well stated in the public record in regard to this action,this application 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. And PEMC has in fact submitted the Master Plan required by the City before such expansion could be contemplated. PEMC has been convincing in stating its case for expansion to those who followed these proceedings. Therefore the City Council does herein fmd that the proposal meets the requirements of the Comprehensive Plan, at a sufficient - 3 -