2005/12/05 Council Agenda Packet

construction of this expansion bed tower, the current parking garage will need to be replaced on the hospital owned block to the east. This garage will accommodate 600 cars. Once the garage and tower are complete, PEMC will begin to demolish existing structures that have met their life expectancy. An additional 300 car parking garage, hospital support services and landscaping will be added in place. Phase 4:. Completion 2015 In this phase PEMC proposes to develop the replacement bed tower. This structure will accommodate replacement for rehabilitation beds, chemical dependency beds, telemetry beds, medical beds, surgical beds, and all critical support functions. Once the replacement tower is complete, PEMC will demolish the existing bed tower as it will have met its life expectancy. Support services and landscaping will be added in place. Description of the alternatives for hospital expansion evaluated by PEMC to moving into the Donovan District, and why other alternatives were rejected. After a thorough analysis of Providence Everett Medical Center's current footprint; the only affordable and efficient option for expansion is on our Colby Campus where our other inpatient services are based. So it is there where we have made plans to build a cancer center, additional parking — and, ultimately, a replacement hospital that will be necessary within the next 15-20 years. This critical expansion will prepare us to service our community for the next 100 years. In an effort to cooperate with our neighbors and the City, we have looked at various suggestions on how to grow, but it has only reaffirmed that our plans are well founded and necessary. Future expansion must occur in such a manner that new phases lie adjacent to existing services and infrastructure. New additions, if not placed in a logical configuration will disturb service delivery patterns. It is the goal of the hospital's master plan to improve, and not disrupt health services. PEMC recognizes there are those who do not want to see some of the historically - designated Donovan District homes demolished. PEMC has purchased 21 of those homes over the past 24- years, and has been clear from the beginning that this one block represents perhaps the only viable expansion site for our inpatient facilities. The record of City Council, Planning Commission, administrative and other decisions since 1980 clearly show a desire, if not instruction to the hospital that it should plan any expansions to the east. Colby Avenue is a "bright line" to the west. The block north of 13th Street was singled out for protection when the Cancer -Center block was designated in the late 1980s. Residents of the block to the south are under the clear impression that past decisions by the City established theirs as a residential area. In .1998, in testimony before the City's Historical Commission, the hospital indicated its intent to direct any future expansion eastward. 'It asked that Block 248 be excluded from the proposed Donovan Historical District. Although it voted to include the hospital - owned Donovan block in the historical district boundaries, the Commission gave tacit