Council to discuss proposal for hospital.Byline: City Beat / Springfield by Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
For the first time in a public setting, the City Council will address the PeaceHealth project on Monday. The council will hold a question-and-answer session with staff members on the health organization's proposal to build a $350 million regional medical center on open land in the Gateway area. Monday's meeting could give some indication of the issues, if any, that councilors have, prior to their vote on the project March 31. Staff members said the kinds of arguments for and against the project that have been aired at public hearings before the City Council resemble those voiced to the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle . The Planning Commission in January recommended approval of the project, although it suggested a 60-foot height restriction. Opponents have said the PeaceHealth project doesn't fit the city's goals for the area, and that the project will have metropolitan impacts that warrant review by the Eugene and Lane County governments. PeaceHealth officials have countered that Springfield should be the sole judge of projects within its boundaries and that the site is perfect for building a medical center that meets the region's needs for the next 100 years. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 225 Fifth St. Annexation annexation, in international law, formal act by which a state asserts its sovereignty over a territory previously outside its jurisdiction. Many kinds of territory have been subject to annexation, chief among them those inhabited by settlers of the annexing power, expense It may soon cost developers $730 per acre to annex an·nex tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es 1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing. 2. land into the city. The City Council plans to hold a public hearing on Monday on a "comprehensive planning "Comprehensive Plan" is a term used by land use planners to describe a set of goals and policies developed by a municipality to accommodate future growth. Typically the comprehensive plan will look at estimated growth within a specific time period, for example, 20 years. fee" meant to recoup recoup To sell an asset at a price sufficient to recover the original outlay or to offset a previous loss. some of the costs for planners' time to process annexation applications. City staff figures that, with the fee, it could recover about $62,000 annually for planning services. The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce and the Lane County Home Builders Association have said the fees won't be prohibitively pro·hib·i·tive also pro·hib·i·to·ry adj. 1. Prohibiting; forbidding: took prohibitive measures. 2. expensive. Some have suggested it would make more sense to assess the fees closer to the development of the land, but the City Council said the fees will be charged at the time of annexation because that's easiest and cheapest. The public hearing starts at 7 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room, City Hall, 225 Fifth St. Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. books? Does your organization need books for children who can't afford them? The First Book Eugene/Springfield Advisory Board is now accepting applications for grants for new books. To be eligible, organizations must verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. that 80 percent of the children or families they serve are low-income earners and the groups must incorporate literacy and reading in their activities. The grant provides up to nine new books per child for a small home library. Applications, due by April 11, are available at the Springfield Public Library, 225 Fifth St. For more information about the grants, call Judy Harold at 726-2237. Matt Cooper can be reached at 338-2317 or mcooper@ guardnet.com. |
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