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Covncil M3.antes 6-16-70 -4_ coordinate the devel+Mment af plans and if appravad, to coordfsate the actual aperatian of the haapital for the firat year; 3) to hire arch#.tects, Hewett & Rayer, to actually dstsign ttse haspital. It h" aot bsen desigQed yet - this is their jtb; 4) to authorize the Mayor ff the hcrspital is approved and needs to be financed, then to have McDouald & Campeag handle the bonds. The cnly dafini.tt staps thst have bsen taken is an opticn an the land and working with pwple vtao apres interrestad in opexating a hc3spital. We cannot put up a hosp#tol md run iC as a Citg Aaapftal w3thout Udaccciesa, Kaiser -- some ot these pwple tbst ara well known ta operate i,t, and only if we hfre scmeane like that or give thm the ru? of the haspital for a certain period of time, ean we raise rewe+tue bands vhich will pap far the hc?apital. Until the architect designa the hcspital, egres:, etc., there is just no answer to questians abcut speei€ics on Barton Road. Mr. B. Wright, 6021 Barton Road, asked if aaq conaideration was given to other praperties. Mr. West eacpl.ained a giece af laard had to be acquired that the experts would accept. A great deal of c+onsideration waa given to a piece of grom.d oa the carner of Stearns Road & Larrain. Hawever, the people ownfag that ianci did have a planned devel4gaent on there and Che verp thiag happemed thst we wera trying to keep from hagpsniztg. The amers found out wiiat was ieing considered and the price of the land was raughly foux ti.mn wfiat the Barton Road land would cost. Tlte ot.her ite,e ttee exgerts rec ded was it beiag no further East than Stearns Road, and they felt thaz AartQn Roaa1 was gooa because it waa further away from Fairview Hospital ml, tberefora, would be of aare service to the people on the aest end. It had to be, ia their opinian, either at Stearns or west @f Stearns Roart to be i.n a suitabie lnca- ticsn. This property was thoroughly investigated and we reaeived rwore than just approval - we recsived real praise far comi.ng up xith this kitiul of land. Mr. Prolcasy stated xegarding sowe af the queetions, there has n+at been a traffic atudy which i.s the oa7.y thing that wi11 aaswer quesrionr relative to traffic, accesaes, imprc?veaent of roads, etc. It is a caacaept oF a location suitablg locatad fer hospital use. The same problem Chat are bsing di.scussed here, i.e. traffic, draf.nage, sannitary sawtrs, etc. would sti1.2 arise, bacauee the gcn.ing cn that propezty has a sactioa whieh is mixed use and aaother secticn Khich f.s industrial. Tlsa esctlon that backs up to the rear of Barto:i Road praplerties is mixed use iasu area, and eccord- ing to our aaniag code, if a builder came in with a plan he wortld be parmittei to build multi-fami1y up to an faclucifng e 20 storq h!-rise, of'fiice buildiaxgs up to that height. These sme prroble,ns wouid probably iacrome sarny fQld over wfiat tte hospiCal progosal aight be, because thi$ wl.Il be b"icaliy crne facility for aaue pus^pt?se a+nd probsbly not uti].ise quite the eactent a?f the laad. Mr. Prakasy explsiaed that the density af cowera.ge aill not b+e quite as heavy as for other usea that laad is aZreaiy zoned for. T!o savor v" design+ed to adequately hmd1e that area, so it is a].so adsqnace to hsndle this facilitq. Mr. Prokaay explaiaa*d the prime purpose of hospitsl being located in North Olmsted is ta service th.e residents hete, hut it will alsa sertne resfclents £rom Westlaka, Bay, R#dgewilla and Avoz?. This was one of the cansiderations ia lracsCing aaae in weaterlp ead of tmn. He sLated h+e cau understaad the residents` coaeern but it is also true thaE it would aot matter what land site wits picked in the City to Iacate a hospftal faieility