Planning board to begin work on hospital proposal.Byline: Edward Edward killed his father at his mother’s instigation. [Br. Balladry: Edward in Benét, 302] See : Patricide Russo The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran June 20, 2007): The Eugene 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 will meet at 11 a.m. on June 26 at City Hall to begin deliberating the request by McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center to build a hospital in north Eugene. An incorrect meeting time was listed Tuesday on Page D1. Facing complexity and controversy, Eugene's citizen planners may take until late summer to recommend whether a hospital should be built north of Delta Highway The Delta Highway is a short limited-access freeway in Eugene, Oregon, United States, linking downtown Eugene with the Beltline Highway, northern Eugene and the Riverridge golf course to the north. and Belt Line Road, in north Eugene. The seven-member planning commission will begin deliberating next Tuesday on McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center's bid to build a hospital on RiverRidge Golf Course. The analysis could take three additional meetings, ending in mid-July, Steve Nystrom, a city principal planner, said Monday during a briefing with commission members. With summer vacations Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. interrupting the schedule, it could take until mid-August before the group makes its final recommendation to the City Council to approve or deny the hospital plan, he said. Planning commission Chairman Rick Duncan said the multiple three-hour-long meetings are needed because "there is an enormous amount of information that we have to go through, some of it being so technical." McKenzie-Willamette proposes to build a four-story, 148-bed hospital plus medical offices on the back nine of the RiverRidge Golf Course. In Eugene's official planning blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. , the land is designated for low-density residential use. The hospital is seeking to change that designation to commercial, and thus, under state land use rules, must clear a variety of hurdles regarding the impact of the hospital development. The hospital and its corporate parent, Triad Health Systems, which is based in Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. , have pledged to spend $12.8 million to improve the congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. Belt Line Road/Delta Highway interchange An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is most commonly used in four contexts:
Area residents fighting the proposal argue that, even with the proposed road improvements, the hospital traffic would violate the state transportation planning Transportation planning is the field involved with the siting of transportation facilities (generally streets, highways, sidewalks, bike lanes and public transport lines). goal to "provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system." Besides trying to determine whether the hospital would comply with the Eugene-Springfield area growth guide and a local growth plan, the planning commission members are to decide if the development would meet statewide planning goals for citizen involvement, transportation, housing, recreation, economic develop- ment and other areas. The group will devote its first meeting next week to analyzing how hospital's road plans mesh Refers to an interconnect architecture that cross- connects several devices. See mesh network, wireless mesh network and switch fabric. (character) mesh - The INTERCAL name for hash. with the state's transportation goal. Duncan said residents are welcome to attend commission deliberations, but the time for public comment has passed. "There will be no public comment opportunity," he said. "It will be sit down and go to work" for the planning commission. After the City Council gets the recommendation, it will have a public hearing on the proposal. That hearing has been set tentatively ten·ta·tive adj. 1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans. 2. Uncertain; hesitant. for Sept. 17. At that time, supporters and opponents will be able to offer their arguments. The City Council decision can be appealed to the state Land Use Board of Appeals and, from there, to the state Court of Appeals. A final decision might not be made until next year or later. HOSPITAL DELIBERATIONS The Eugene Planning Commission will hold two meetings next week to analyze the request by McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center to build a hospital in north Eugene. June 26: 2 p.m., City Council Chamber, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. June 27: 4 p.m., City Council Chamber, City Hall, 777 Pearl St. For more: www.eugeneplanning.org, click on "hospital site." |
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