2008/08/20 Council Agenda Packet

At the time of its 2004 application for an Institutional Overlay on its campus, PEMC did not have the opportunity to purchase the ECC Property. In December, 2006, PEMC and Everett Community College entered into a purchase and sale agreement, providing for the transfer of the ECC Property to the Medical Center. If PEMC can succeed in consummating this transaction with ECC, this is a significant change of circumstance which would allow the Medical Center to plan for this area. The City's approval of a Comprehensive Plan designation and zoning to allow PEMC use of the ECC Property for hospital uses and its approval of a Comprehensive Plan designation and zoning to allow ECC to use the property in the North Broadway area it is acquiring from PEMC for community college use is a mandatory condition of the sale and the transaction cannot proceed without it. 7. The proposed land use designation as implemented through the Master Plan for the ECC Property, would result in an intensive and consolidated delivery of health care services beyond 2015 that is more desirable than the present land use pattern which does not allow for such long-term hospital capacity for the community. 8. PEMC's 2007 Application explained that the reason for changing the designation for its site and not other properties in the vicinity was that PEMC plays a unique role as a medical institution and that a comparable zone change on adjacent properties was not necessary. 9. PEMC's Master Plan for the ECC Property accommodates patient growth beyond 2015 and demonstrates how the requested Comprehensive Plan amendment, rezone and Master Plan will enable PEMC to expand in order to meet this projected growth. 10. The SEIS and Staff Report identify the following impacts of the proposed Master Plan for the ECC Property and Utility Building: (a) light and shade; (b) visual; (c) increases in vehicle traffic and parking; (d) noise; and (e) air quality. 37 I 5