Paul Burns, John Collison, Charles Brantigan, Eugene Keyser, Carol Tuttle, Nicole Nathan, Marty Jones, Cindy McConnell, Jim Wiseman, Doug Zehner, Rick Wells, Scott McFadden, Scott Johnson, Lynn Moore, Randel Forkum, Brad Bull, Paul Benington, Bethany Gravell, James Heath, Michael Henry and Ted Freedman.

The meeting was called to order at 5:30pm. The minutes were read and approved as written.

Doug Zehner and Lynn Moore showed early schematic drawings of the planned addition. Traffic will be focused at a second primary entrance on High Street, thus diverting some of the traffic off congested Franklin Street. The Emergency Room entrance will be off 19^th Avenue. The basic construction will be a four story building with two story appendages. Service components for the entire hospital will be located in the interior of the project. It is sensitive to the view plane ordinance and to the waivers and conditions placed on the site many years ago. It is expected that the design will be completed by approximately January 1, 2008. A PBG will be submitted to the City. It is anticipated the construction will begin in the summer of 2008. Parking will be accommodated by having some parking underneath the proposed medical office building, and there may be expansion of other parking structures. The parking structure on the corner of 21^st Avenue and High Street will serve the new addition.

At the request of Councilwoman Madison, who couldn’t attend the meeting, the question of the parking lot at the site of the old medical administration building, and the external effects of blowing dust from the old Park Manor site were brought up for discussion. Ms. Madison notes that the new signage makes the dirt area at the old medical administration building site technically legal, it still is of concern to the neighbors because it is a mud hole when it rains and blows dust when it is dry. There is also significant concern about blowing dust from the construction site where the new facility is to be built. Dr. Brantigan noted Section 59-92 (5b) "No materials or waste shall be deposited upon a zone lot in such form or manner that they be transferred off the zone lot by natural causes or forced." Mr. Zehner reported that he will deal with this issue promptly.

Parcel west of Ogden Street:

Scott McFadden and Scott Johnson from Trammel-Crow Residential joined the discussion. The original plans were to rezone the area RMU-30. The City has suggested that maybe R-4-X would be more appropriate. While the project to be built it compatible with both of those zones, and may well be compatible with the H-2 zone, the change in preference has made it so that there are no early site plans that can be presented at this point.

The attraction for this particular property is basically what has been done before. They are planning about 300 units or a density of 80-100 units per acre. They are a national builder but with local operations. They admire the pedestrian nature of the neighborhood, and believe that we have the proper urban fabric in place for their project. They acknowledge that no zone is ideal. Paul Benington suggested that RMU-20 be considered. It is acknowledged that no zone district is entirely appropriate. In the past, zone districts have been created with waivers and conditions as was done with the Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center property, but the Planning Office is not in favor of creating what, in effect, are additional zones. Therefore, the approach by Cherokee and by Trammel Crow is to attach restrictions to the deed much as was done with the Martin Fine property. This allows a description of a project which is more compatible with the neighborhood. Therefore, the plan is to pick a zoning code that will do and then add restrictions. Preliminary talks about what these restrictions should be are being carried out between Cherokee and Trammel-Crow, and the neighborhood will have input.

Parcel east of Ogden Street:

Negotiations are still underway with the "unnamed hospital" concerning building a hospital facility on the Children’s site. It is anticipated that within the next month or two the negotiations will be complete, and there will be some decision about what is going to happen with that property. One way or the other, the demolition plans are the same. The newest building next to the parking structure and the parking structure will be kept and everything else demolished. Tammen Hall is to be preserved, as it is Landmark designated. One of the options is a boutique hotel, but firm plans have not been made.

Paul Benington reports that the petition drive for the overlay zoning is now complete and it will be submitted this week. The Children’s property has been taken out of the petition pending further negotiations with Trammel-Crow and Cherokee. San Rafael notes that there will be a community meeting on August 15 at 7pm at Barney Ford Heights. They also note that the rezoning of the Martin Fine property has been approved and it is presumed that that development will take place as negotiated.

There being no other nominations, Dr. Brantigan was reelected as the Chairman.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Charles O. Brantigan, MD, FACS

Chairman, Hospital District Urban Design Forum

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