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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 2010-08-24MINUTES OF THE 1,000TH REGULAR MEETING HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA On Tuesday, August 24, 2010, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held its 1,000th Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan. Mr. Lee Morrow, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Ashley V. Krueger Deborah McDermott R. Lee Morrow Lynda L. Scheel Carol A. Smiley Gerald Taylor Ian Wilshaw Members absent: None Mr. Mark Taormina was also present Chairman Morrow informed the audience that if a petition on tonighfs agenda involves a rezoning request, this Commission makes a recommendation to the City Council who, in tum, will hold its own public hearing and make the final determination as to whether a petition is approved or denied. The Planning Commission holds the only public hearing on a request for preliminary plat and/or vacating petition. The Commission's recommendation is forwarded to the City Council for the final determination as to whether a plat is accepted or rejected. If a petition requesting a waiver of use or site plan approval is denied tonight, the petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision, in writing, to the City Council. Resolutions adopted by the City Planning Commission become effective seven (7) days after the date of adoption. The Planning Commission and the professional staff have reviewed each of these petitions upon their fling. The staff has furnished the Commission with both approving and denying resolutions, which the Commission may, or may not, use depending on the outcome of the proceedings tonight. ITEM #1 PETITION 2008-10-08-12 ST. MARY HOSPITAL Ms. Scheel, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda, Petition 2008-10- 08-12 submitted by Sl. Mary Mercy Hospital requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct an addition to the hospital at 36475 Five Mile Road, located on the southwest corner of Five Mile Road and Levan Road in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20. August 24, 2010 25449 Mr. Taormina: This request originated in the Fall of 2008. Its referred to by the petitioner as Momentum 2012 Phase III. This project represents a substantial expansion and capital investment for St. Mary Mercy Hospital. I'll provide a little background in terms of the City's involvement with this project. It was late in 2008 when the Planning Commission commenced its review of the project, but shortly thereafter and primarily due to economic reasons, the hospital elected to delay the project indefinitely. The scope and complexity of the overall project required that a portion of the land located at the south end of the property be rezoned to allow for the expansion of the hospital's parking. Council did give First Reading to the rezoning in November, 2008. Then the project was put on hold. It was about seven months after that the hospital resumed the review of that portion of the project dealing only with the south parking lot. In August, 2009, the City Council approved the rezoning along with the plans for constructing a new parking lot at the south end of the campus, in addition to reconstructing the existing parking lot, which is located just south of the Marion Building. This evening we are happy to announce that the hospital is moving forward with the balance of the Momentum 2012 project. In general terms, this would include the construction of a 154,000 square foot three story addition to the south end of the hospital, relocation of the emergency center to the first floor of the south addition, and providing a total of 80 private rooms on the second and third floors of the south addition. Those are the primary components to the first phase of this project. There would be future additional projects that are included in the plans you are reviewing this evening that include renovating the Emergency Center as an Out -Patient Surgery Center, renovating the in- patient rooms located in the existing hospital from shared rooms to private rooms, and renovations to other areas of the existing hospital including the Slenle Process Department, the O.S.C. Staff Support and Surgery -Radiology sections. A number of improvements are also scheduled for the site including new landscaping at the main entrance and around the new building additions and parking lots, a relocation of the helipad and improved pedestrian circulation, as well as storm water management. Relative to parking, the number of spaces will remain pretty much the same as what currently exists on the site, and that is somewhere between 1,675 and 1,700 parking spaces. However, following the recommendations of a parking study that was conducted in 2008 by Walker Parking Consultants, the parking would be redistributed for opfimal utilization between the staff and visitors. Most of the staff parking will be moved to the perimeter of the site. In fact, this is what this plans show. Those blue areas depict generally where designated staff parking will be located, while the patent and August 24, 2010 25450 visitor parking will be designed nearer to the entrances. That's shown in the light brown color. All of the parking spaces in the patient and visitor areas will meet the ordinance requirement of 10 feet by 20 feet, whereas the blue areas, the staff parking, that will be sized at about 9 feet. That aspect of the plan will require a parking variance. We do have three items of correspondence. I can read those now. Mr. Morrow: Please do so. Mr. Taormina: This is correspondence that goes back to the original petition. The first item is from the Division of Police, dated November 6, 2008, which reads as follows: We have reviewed the plans in connection with the St. Mary Mercy Hospital located at 36475 Five Mile. We have two recommendations to the plans submitted. (1) We have had numerous complaints regarding car door dents in the existing parking lots. Review of the current plans show some parking spots are narrower than the required 10 feet by 20 feet per the zoning ordinance. We request that the proposed parking spots conform to the Zoning Ordinance: regular parking spots 10 feet by 20 feet and handicap spots 12 feet by 20 feet, and include a restdping requirement of the existing parking lot spots. (2) The cross -walks need to conform to the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Pavement markings should include diagonal or longitudinal lines of 12 inches to 24 inches wide and spaced 12 inches to 60 inches apart, and the spacing should not exceed 2.5 times the width. Signage should be the pedestrian crosswalk warning assembly (Wll-2 with supplemental W16 -7p) in yellow -green reflective coating (see attached)." The letter is signed by David W. Sludl, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire & Rescue Division, dated November 12, 2008, which reads as follows: "This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection with a request to expand the parking lot and construct an addition to the hospital on the property located at the above referenced address. We have no objections to this proposal with the following stipulations. (1) If subject building(s) are to be provided with an automatic sprinkler system, an on- site hydrant shall be located between 50 feet and 100 feet from the Fire Department connection. (2) Adequate hydrants shall be provided and located with a maximum spacing of 300 feet between hydrants. Most remote hydrant shall flow 1,500 GPM with a residual pressure of 20 PSI. (3) This Division requests that the drive along the west and east sides of the addition be posted (on both sides) 'Fire Lane — No Parking'. In addition, this division also requests that the south drive along the professional building be posted in a similar manner. (4) Fire lanes shall be provided for all buildings that are set back more than 150 feet August 24, 2010 25451 from a public road or exceed 30 feet in height and are set back over 50 feet from a public road. (5) Fire lanes shall be not less than 20 feet of unobstructed width, able to withstand live loads of fire apparatus, and have minimum of 13 feet 6 inches of vertical clearance. (6) Fire lanes shall be marked with freestanding signs that have the words FIRE LANE — NO PARKING painted in contrasting colors (on both sides) at a size and spacing approved by the authority having junsdiction." The letter is signed by Daniel Lee, Fire Inspector. The third letter is from the Inspection Department, dated November 14, 2008, which reads as follows: "Pursuant to your request of October 24, 2008, the above -referenced petition has been reviewed. The following is noted. (1) The petitioner went before the Zoning Board of Appeals in 2006 for deficiencies in number of parking spaces, parking space width and parking space depth. Only the parking space width of 9 feet was approved as presented at that time. The other parking deficiencies were not resolved. The petitioner would be required to obtain a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals to maintain any deficiencies in the size and number of parking spaces. (2) A variance for excess signage exists currently. The petitioner would need to obtain a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals to increase the square footage and/or number of wall signs presented. This Department has no further objections to this petition." The letter is signed by Jerome Hanna, Assistant Director of Inspection. That is the extent of the correspondence. Mr. Morrow: Thank you, Mr. Taormina. We have with us tonight representatives from the St. Mary Mercy Hospital. They are known as one of the best hospitals in the United States, and tonight how they're going to tell us how they're going to make it better. With that, whoever wants to address the Commission, please come forward and on your initial remarks, we will need your name and address for the record. Sarah Gilbert, Director of Strategic Capital Projects, SL Mary Mercy Hospital, 36475 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan 48154. 1 want to thank you all for getting us on your agenda so quickly. We are very excited about this project and a lot of good things that we can bring to Livonia. As you see, the 80 new private patient beds and then going back in and renovating existing rooms and making them private as well. So this is going to be a great service to our community here in Livonia. So we're very excited about that as well as the new Emergency Center that will really help us with wait times and gelling patients admitted more quickly for the care that they need. So again, thank you. I have a couple of different people here with me tonight that can probably answer some of your very specific questions if you August 24, 2010 25452 have any. We have Chadey Huber from Hobbs+Black, who is the architecture firm that has been working with us on this project, and Mike Lowicki from Tucker, Young, who has been helping us with some of the site development. Any questions for me? Mr. Morrow: Commission? Ms. Gilbert, no. No questions. Last week we were pleased to see a number of boards indicating the three dimensional type relief of the hospital of the additions that Mr. Taormina discussed. If you could share those with us and our audience, it would be appreciated. We have an easel set up with a microphone. Charley Huber, Hobbs+Black Architects, 100 N. Slate Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. What we have here are a variety of boards explaining the project that has been described previously. This is the site plan which shows in contrasting colors the existing facility and the new proposed building. As was described, there is an Emergency Center on the first floor and two bed floors, 40 beds each, on the second and third floor. The building consists of a full basement with support spaces that lie into the existing support spaces, all designed around improving patient care and the care model for the hospital. There is also work shown at the front, the Five Mile entrance, that has a new canopy, new landscaping and some new parking spaces specifically shown as a bander free lot to allow for handicapped accessible spaces to be as close to the front door as possible without having to traverse traffic through the site. So those are some of the benefits shown at the front door. The majority of the work is on the southern end of the site near the Marion Professional Building. The relocation of the helipad from Levan Road to a more in -board portion of the site to allow for it to service directly into the new Emergency Center, and also removing some of that congestion of the helipad traffic that is currently on Levan Road. There is a rework of some of the parking (hats already been done (hats been shown on here along with the additional south parking. The area was previously rezoned. The approval to do that work was given. Picking up that work and continuing with it would be part of this project, along with just some of the greenscape along Levan Road that was requested by the Commission previously and put in when that work was done. Are there any questions about the site plan? Ms. Smiley: I was wondering. Did you put in a walkway along Levan now? Mr. Huber: Yes, we did. The walk is not complete at this time. There were a couple pieces. Some of the handicap ramps were not put in August 24, 2010 25453 Mr. Huber: So I'll just keep going unless somebody raises their hand because there's still some work to be done in that area. Those would be put in when that work is completed. Ms. Smiley: Thankyou. Mr. Morrow: I might add as we're moving through the boards and if there are any questions as we're going along, Mr. Huber, just ask to be recognized rather than asking if there's any questions so we can proceed. Mr. Huber: Okay. You had mentioned some of the three dimensional images which there are several that we'll flip through. The first two are of the new building that is being constructed to the south. This is an image from the professional office building parking lot that shows the new building extending out towards the south of the site. Part of the variance that will be requested will be for some of the signage for the hospital. There's also some signage for the emergency center to clearly identify to the traffic coming to that center where to arrive at to drop off patients in an emergency situation. The materials that are shown on the building from the brick and the precast match the existing materials on the site so the building, while it has a new appearance to it, will blend into the existing site with its materials and the design that they're used for. There is also some portions of glass that are shown along the southern edge that will stick out past the existing building that will be visible from Levan Road so that the new building, while it's toward the southern end of the site and back away from the road, will provide some presence but not overwhelm the residents that are to the east. There is a large canopy for the Emergency Center drop off. Again, the canopy provided for patient care and patient satisfaction to continue with the model being developed inside the facility from the front door all the way through to improved patient care. I'll go to another image. We can see a little bit more of the approach that people will see as they enter the site. This image is from in front of the canopy that leads into the Marion Professional Building. Again, just giving a little more context for the building. This corner is the existing corner of the Marion Professional Building. You can see the brick that's on the building. We're showing matching that on the existing building so that it ties in. I have an image of the Five Mile entry. Before I show that, does anybody have any questions? Mr. Morrow: If you have any questions, just ask for them to be recognized ratherthan asking. Mr. Huber: So I'll just keep going unless somebody raises their hand August 24, 2010 25454 Mr. Morrow: We may come back later on, but we'll move through it Mr. Taylor: If you could just back up one. Where would be the emergency entrance? Mr. Huber: From the road or into the building? Mr. Taylor: No, from Levan Road. Mr. Huber: Okay. Levan Road is along this side. The entrance would be between the south professional lot and the south lot chats yet to be constructed. Mr. Taylor: It would be the farthest entry? Mr. Huber: It would be the farthest entryway so it would separate that traffic from any traffic going into the Professional Building and the traffic into the ER would not have to drive in front of pedestrian traffic. They would come along here and then come up a dedicated road that doesn't have any other traffic on it and come underneath the canopy. Mr. Taylor: Thankyou. Mr. Huber: This is a preliminary image of the new canopy that was suggested for the Five Mile entry. The new canopy starts from this point and extends out. What you see back here is the existing canopy that there's today. This canopy covers the drive similar to the ER canopy that was shown in the previous images so that the patients in inclement weather, whether it be snow or rain, are completely covered by the canopy. Today that canopy comes out to the drive but does not cover the car completely. So this will allow for some new image along Five Mile Road for the patients approaching but also provide a functional element of covering those cars so people can gel in and out of the facility without having to deal with the weather as much. These are colored versions of the elevations that were submitted with the site plan package. They show the new building, the new southwest addition. It shows a bit more of the building than was shown on the renderings. This area extending back into the campus wasn't seen on the renderings. So I present these just so you can see how those materials continue from the area you could see on the renderings all the way through. There are a few more on the backside that, again, just illustrate those same materials. This is the west elevation that would be facing the assisted living facility and that side, loo, has those same materials. There is no change in materials as we gel around the August 24, 2010 25455 backside that the adjoining property would see. That brick would remain the same. Mr. Taylor: Are they enlarging those windows or is that how the windows are now? Mr. Huber: This is the new building. The new windows are slightly larger than the existing windows, but what you're seeing here is all new building so those windows would be constructed as part of this project. They are slightly larger than the windows in the existing patient rooms. Mr. Taylor: I know you mentioned at our study meeting that you're also going to redo all of the existing rooms. Mr. Huber: Yes. Mr. Taylor: Renovate all of those and they will all be single bedrooms, not increasing the beds in the hospital, just making them all single beds. Mr. Huber: The overall bed count for the facility will stay the same. The beds will go to a private bed model. So on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the existing bed units, those would be renovated with similar materials and similar functional elements as we are pulling into the new beds. So both the renovated beds and the new beds would get those similar amenities when it comes to patient care. Mr. Taylor: This is an extremely big project and, fortunately or unfortunately, I was in Livonia when Sl. Mary Hospital first came into Livonia. It certainly has been expanded year after year when funds were available. What types of money are you spending on this particular project? Mr. Huber: The budget for this particular project is currently being evaluated by the construction engineers that are going to be working on it. The actual numbers for it, Sarah, correct me if I'm wrong, but the global dollars being invested are about $40 million. Ms. Gilbert: We are anticipating that the construction budget is going to be around $60 million. Of course, we're hoping it might be a little cheaper than that, but that is what we're expecting al this point. Mr. Taylor: Well, that's great for Livonia. Its amazing to invest that type of money. We've always been fortunate enough to have our own hospital so to speak. I know everybody else comes here also, but it sure is a great feeling to know that you would spend that August 24, 2010 25456 kind of dollars to make the patients more comfortable actually. Thankyou. Mr. Taormina: Just a quick question regarding the roof -mounted equipment. Does the rendering you have on the board now illustrate what would be used to screen any roof -mounted equipment and, if so, what does that involve? Mr. Huber: What you see here is an illustration of the units that would be up there. The screens that are on there are labeled as architectural panels attached to the mechanical units, so you would not see a free-standing mechanical unit up there. They would be enclosed in panels that would be skinned and colored to match other aspects of the building. When looking at the building from a distance, you wouldn't just see the mechanical units. They will have a screen attached to them. Mr. Taormina: But clearly those would be visible from Levan Road. They're intended to fully screen whatever is on top of the roof with something that's going to be compatible with the design of the building, like a metal clad material? Mr. Huber: Yes. If we look at some of the elements on the building, first of all, yes, they will be visible as you gel further away from the building. So from Levan Road you would be able to see them. The metal panel is what we were intending to screen them with, which we can see being used in other portions of the building and on the other elevations, that same material is prevalent as well. So it will tie into the building. They are visible, but they will tie into the architectural design of it. Mr. Taormina: Thankyou Mr. Huber: Some of the site improvements include landscaping, as was mentioned previously. The front door, with the new canopy, landscaping being done around the drop-off drive to give a little shade to the area, to give a little bit of a refreshed image to that area. There is planting done in the center island. Planting done on either side and also done closer to the building so from the lobby area, that image is improved with the landscaping. This is the north end of the new south addition, and this is the maternity area. So in between the new building and the existing building with patient rooms there is a significant investment being put into landscaping so that those patients have a pleasant view outside of their rooms. And then around the southern end of the new addition, there is also a significant amount of landscaping being done to create some garden areas that are visible from internal courtyards, as well as visible from the professional August 24, 2010 25457 office building and the bed floor up above, and then landscaping being done around the south end where patients are entering the facility. Mr. Morrow: Mr. Huber, where is the entrance to the emergency room? Mr. Huber: The entrance is at the comer right here. So the drive that I pointed out earlier comes along here, up and around for the drop-off and the patients come in at this point. You see parking is down here. So people walking up, that landscape is intended to soften that view of the building as they're coming in. Mr. Morrow: Thankyou Mr. Huber: This is the slightly updated version of the parking plan that Mark showed earlier, the only change being the berm that was requested along Levan Road here. That's shown on this drawing, and the parking count matches what Mark had said earlier. Mr. Morrow: I know you briefly touched on it, but it appears that you put the handicap spots a lot closer to the entrance than they are presently. Mr. Huber: Yes. And the handicap lot that I mentioned is right here with access to a sidewalk to the front door without having it cross the traffic coming to the front door or coming into the site to the parking lots. That required some re -work of some other parking lots. The hospital really felt that was a necessity forthe patients coming into the building and picked up a little bit extra site work to provide that. Ms. Scheel: The new parking lot by the emergency room, is that a walkway, that dark green line? Mr. Huber: Here? Ms. Scheel: Yes. Mr. Huber: That is a row of planting intended to keep any debris from the helicopter when it lands from being blown into the vehicles parked in this area. Ms. Scheel: So when people park in that parking lot, do they walk through the parking lot? August 24, 2010 25458 Mr. Huber: They would walk along the row of cars or they would come over to the sidewalk. Most likely, they would just come up along here. This sidewalk feeds the parking lot down to the south. Ms. Scheel: Is there parking on both sides then? Mr. Huber: There is parking here and here. We originally discussed putting a sidewalk here, but because of the heliport, having a sidewalk adjacent to that was a safety risk. Ms. Scheel: Okay. Thank you. Mr. Taylor: I know you're pulling in a lot more asphalt or cement, and I know at the study meeting they mentioned that you're going to have underground detention for water. It's always been a problem we have across Levan into Rennolds Ravine. I think for those people who might be watching, it might be a good idea to explain exactly how that works. Mr. Huber: Certainly. I'll touch on it. If there are any detailed questions, I'll let Mike from Tucker, Young, Jackson and Tull talk about it as they are the civil engineers. The ravine that you're mentioning runs through the site here, across Levan Road, and continues into the residential area. The barrier free parking lot, the work being done along Levan Road here, and all of the south parking that's being done, is all of this surface area. The runoff is being retained in pipes below the asphalt and is being contained and cleaned before it runs into the ravine. The system being set up is set up so that the peak flow into that ravine will actually be less than what it is today. The retention that's being put in actually picks up some of the pavement that wouldn't typically be renovated in this project, but the hospital stepped forward knowing the issues that were there and actually put in some retention in areas that wouldn't necessarily be required by code. Mr. Taylor: If you didn't have that in there, it would just be running off into the storm drain. So now its maintained in the storm drain and lel out gradually. That's what l think they want to know. Mr. Huber: Yes. Okay. If you'd like, Mike can come up and describe the system and how that works for anybody that would be watching, but that's how it functions. Mr. Taylor: That's what I thought. Thank you. Mr. Morrow: Are there any other boards and then we'll see if Mike wants to add anything. August 24, 2010 25459 Mr. Huber: Those were the boards we brought to cover the scope of the project and try to lel everybody know what was going on. Unless there are any other questions, that's what we have. Mr. Morrow: I know Mrs. Krueger had a question about the landscape plan. Are you satisfied with what you've seen, or do you want more detail? Ms. Krueger: I'm satisfied. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: Before Mr. Huber leaves, I did want to ask about the movement of the PET scan trailer. That's something we talked about at our study meeting, and I know during the construction you're going to have to move that to an unique location toward Levan. If you could please talk about that a little bit for us. Mr. Huber: Not a problem. The current location for the mobile trailer is along the Marion Professional Building in this area. We are in the long term relocating the mobile port to the back side of the new addition, which will connect it to necessary hospital functions. The temporary location, while we're doing the construction in this area before the final port is done, is along the Cancer Center in this area here, just to the southeast of the Cancer Center. A temporary connection would be made from inside the Cancer Center where there's currently a vacant suite which would be utilized for prepping the patients to take them onto the trailer. The trailer would sit on some of the existing drive pavement in this area. The pavement will be upgraded to support the trailers because they have more weight than typical car traffic. Some of the curbs will be modified in this area to allow for the truck to pull in and back into where it needs to go, and it will sit in that area for approximately 21 months and then be relocated and the building restored back to the way it is now. Mr. Wilshaw: The visibility of that trailer from Levan Road, will it be obscured by the landscaping or will it be completely visible? Mr. Huber: There is some landscaping in here that would obscure it. We were not planning on any new landscaping to obscure it any more from Levan Road. There is some there that would do that, but as you're driving along that road, it would be visible for that temporary portion of time. Mr. Wilshaw: I've seen those trailers in operation and they have generators in them that run and make a fair amount of noise while they're operating. Does the trailer make the noise only when it's operational or does it do it all the time its there throughout the night? August 24, 2010 25460 Mr. Huber: The units that are in the trailers are continually running. They get powered down but they continually run. Some of the noise generated from those trailers are from the cooling units for the patients while they're in there. So while they're running, they are louder than when they're in their down time, if you want, when they're not seeing patients. The trucks are there two days a week. One day for MRI, one day for the PET scan, and they come and go during that day. They would come in early in the morning, but they wouldn't be there throughout the evening to affect anybody that was in the area on off hours. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. That's kind of where I was headed because just the other night, I was down on Plymouth Road and one of those PET scan trailers drove by and stopped at the red light. Just standing several hundred feet away from it, it was quite noisy while it was just sitting at a red light, and that was not the semi truck. It was the trailer making the noise. Mr. Huber: They do have a significant amount of noise they generate. They will not be there all the time, and they would not be there for a full evening to affect the residents on the other side of Levan Road. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. And then the breezeway that you're going to create that's going to go from the building to the trailer, that's going to be a temporary structure that when you're done is going to be removed and put back the way it was before the trailer was moved there. Right? Mr. Huber: Yes. It's a temporary structure. It's a canvas structure. Its enclosed. It's tempered with heaters and cooling during the summer. It will be there for the 21 months, and then when its removed, the area around it will be restored to the condition its in today. Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. That sounds good. Thank you. Mr. Taylor: What is this board? Mr. Huber: These are the floor plans of the first floor and the second floor. This shows the interior of the Emergency Center. We brought this just in case there were any questions about entry and exit from the building onto the site. The entry is down here where I pointed out on the other boards with the exam core in the center, the ambulances on the backside and the connection into the existing hospital. The other side shows the bed floors and August 24, 2010 25461 the 40 private patient rooms with the nursing center adjacent to the family waiting and support services in the center. Ms. Smiley: The official name of the hospital is St. Mary Mercy. You're connected with St. Joe's in Ann Arbor. Is that correct? Mr. Huber: Yes. Ms. Smiley: Is there another hospital? Are there three hospitals in the group or just two? Mr. Huber: There are multiple hospitals. I don't know exactly how many. They gained some recently. Sarah could address that a bit better than me. Ms. Gilbert: The Sl. Joseph Mercy Health System consists of Ann Arbor, Saline, Livingston, Chelsea was added just about a year ago, Livonia and then Oakland and Port Huron. So the name that you'll see on the building, I believe, is Sl. Mary Mercy Livonia. Thal will be the name you see on the building. I do believe that we are in the process of changing some of our existing signs today. I mean we're going through the process of talking with this group, but the signs that we put on the new building will be consistent with that. So what you'll see in the next couple months is what you're going to see on the new building. Ms. Smiley: How do you like those signs? I mean you'll be able to see them. Ms. Gilbert: Yes. You're going to be able to see them. The goal really is to standardize them so that we all look very similar. It is a branded approach. They all look the same. They all have the same coloring. They all have the same lettering, font style, etc. etc. Ms. Smiley: Is there some kind of symbol? Ms. Gilbert: I believe there's a cross in the image. I believe. I don't know that I've seen it just recently. We went through several design processes and multiple people involved, so I'm sure you can guess how that went. Ms. Smiley: So it will remain Sl. Mary's. It's not going to change to St. Joseph's? Ms. Gilbert: No. It will slay Sl. Mary Mercy Livonia. The Catholic heritage is very strong, so I do believe the cross is in it. The little circular symbol has the cross and then I believe it's gray at the top and then like a dark burgundy along the bottom. August 24, 2010 25462 Ms. Smiley: Thankyou. Mr. Morrow: But you indicated that will be coming back later on Ms. Gilbert: We know that we have to ask for a variance with signage because we have more signs on the building. I do believe that is in process. That will be a different person coming forward other than me, but we are trying to coordinate so that we're all doing the same things. Mr. Morrow: Okay. Thank you. Ms. McDermott: Are there any features to the rooms that you want to highlight other than the fad that they're moving to the private rooms, which are great, but anything in comparison maybe to the rooms that are there now. Would you like to give us a description? Mr. Huber: Both the new rooms and the renovated rooms are going to be updated to current patient care practices. There are sinks within the room adjacent to the patient bed so hygiene is obviously of an importance in a health care facility. That is being managed both outside the room and inside the room. The ability for the nurses, physicians and support staff to provide care to the patients is being upgraded in the location of technology, both at central stations within the room and outside the room so that there is really the ability to care for a patient 24/7 without having to interrupt them while they're sleeping, while they're resting. Things like that. So the overall design for the bed floors, I only have an image of the new bed floor, is to upgrade that patient care standard and provide for an environment where people can heal without being affected by things around them that don't deal with their care. Ms. McDermott: I'm assuming the picture on the right, that's the actual room? Mr. Huber: That's a design concept for the room showing some wood finishes, the bed, the large windows, direct and indirect lighting so you dont have light shining directly into your face as you're laying on the bed recovering. This is the end of the counter with the sink on it so its directly adjacent to patient care. A family zone on the side of the room opposite the doors so that the families have a space near the window so the natural light coming through is provided there, and then all the staff amenities are closer to the door. So the rooms are all being zoned with a staff area, patient area and a family area so that the interaction of those don't conflict with one another. August 24, 2010 25463 Ms. McDermott: Okay. Great. I don't know if they've gone into this much detail yet, but are there like boards or areas for people to hang cards and things that are personal? Mr. Huber: You can see some of those in the images here. There are areas for people to put belongings, for people to put flowers, cards. There are spaces for visitors to sit, but again, are out of the way of where the staff are working. There are areas here to liven up the room while the patients are in there. Ms. McDermott: Okay. And that's why I'm asking. It makes it feel maybe a little less like a hospital room and a little more like their own personal area if they can have some of their own amenities there. Thank you. Mr. Wilshaw: Do you know the approximate square footage of those rooms? Mr. Huber: With the project restarting, I don't know the exact number off the lop of my head. The rooms are approximately 15 feet by 24 feel from outside to outside. Mr. Wilshaw: Will they be similar to what other hospitals in the area have? Mr. Huber: Yes. If you've been in the existing rooms, they are larger than those existing rooms, and they meet quite a few national standards along with the newer hospitals that have been built in this area recently. Mr. Wilshaw: It sounds like it will be bigger than some motels I've stayed in. Mr. Taylor: I think this question will probably go to Ms. Gilbert. Al one time, there were wards in these hospitals. Then they went to two beds and three beds. How does the insurance company cover this type of thing. Is this a problem, because it used to be that if you wanted a single room, it cost you more money and sometimes your insurance wouldn't pay for it. Ms. Gilbert: I truly believe that insurance is paying for the care regardless of whether you're in a room by yourself or you're in a room with another person. I mean its a standard rate. It's all based on what your diagnosis is. So there is not a specific rate for a private room versus a semi -private room, but there are a lot of studies out there that say that private rooms are best for infection control purposes, for patient healing, for quiet. And so what we've seen happen over the past several years is that as hospitals have been able to rebuild, they've incorporated those standards and gone to private rooms. August 24, 2010 25464 Mr. Taylor: I don't disagree with what you're saying about a private room, but I know in the past you could not get a single room unless you paid for it. Ms. Gilbert: Yes, and I do believe that's probable accurate like some years ago, but I know, like in the most recent, when you get paid from Medicare or Blue Cross, it's based on your diagnosis. It's not based on your room, unless it's an ICU room, and then that's a totally different level of care, nursing care, etc. Mr. Taylor: Thankyou. Mr. Morrow: Are there any more questions for Mr. Huber? Thank you very much. Does anyone want further explanation on the drainage of the site? It looks like you handled that very well loo. Is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak for or against the granting of this petition? Seeing no one coming forward, a motion would be in order. On a motion by McDermott, seconded by Taylor, and unanimously adopted, it was #08-60-2010 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 2008-10-08-12 submitted by Sl. Mary Mercy Hospital requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.58 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to construct an addition to the hospital at 36475 Five Mile Road, located on the southwest corner of Five Mile Road and Levan Road in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, be approved subject to the following conditions: 1. That the General Site Plan marked Sheet C100 dated August 6, 2010, as revised, prepared by Hobbs + Black Architects, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 2. That the General Site Plan — North marked Sheet C100 -N dated August 6, 2010, as revised, prepared by Hobbs + Black Architects, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 3. That the General Site Plan — South marked Sheet C100 -S dated August 6, 2010, as revised, prepared by Hobbs + Black Architects, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 4. That the Landscape Plan marked Sheet L1 dated October 24, 2008, as revised, prepared by Michael J. Dul & Associates, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; August 24, 2010 25465 5. That the Detailed Planting Plan — North Site & West Courtyard marked Sheet L2 dated October 24, 2008, as revised, prepared by Michael J. Dul & Associates, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 6. That the Detailed Planting Plan — South Site marked Sheet L3 dated October 24, 2008, as revised, prepared by Michael J. Dul & Associates, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 7. That all disturbed lawn areas shall be sodded in lieu of hydroseeding; 8. That underground sprinklers are to be provided for all landscaped and sodded areas and all planted materials shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and thereafter permanently maintained in a healthy condition; 9. That the Exterior Building Elevation Plans marked Sheets A-200, A-201 and A-202 all dated October 24, 2008, as revised, prepared by Hobbs + Black Architects, are hereby approved and shall be adhered to; 10. That the brick used in the construction shall be full face four (4") inch brick; 11. That all rooftop mechanical equipment shall be concealed from public view on all sides by screening that shall be of a compatible character, material and color to other exterior materials on the building; 12. That this site shall meet either the City of Livonia or the Wayne County Storm Water Management Ordinance, whichever applies, and shall secure any required permits, including storm water management permits, wetlands permits and soil erosion and sedimentation control permits, from Wayne County, the City of Livonia, and/or the Slate of Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE); 13. That all light fixtures shall be aimed and shielded so as to minimize stray light trespassing across property lines and glaring into adjacent roadway; 14. That along Levan Road, from the south entrance drive of the south Marion Office Building parking lot to the southern August 24, 2010 25466 edge of the hospital's property, a sidewalk shall be installed to the satisfaction of the Engineering Department; 15. That the cross -walks shall conform to the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices; pavement markings and signage shall be to the Police Department's satisfaction; 16. That the issues as outlined in the correspondence dated November 12, 2008 from the Livonia Fire and Rescue Division shall be resolved to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department and/or Engineering Department; 17. That this approval is subject to the petitioner being granted a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals for nine fool (9') parking spaces in the designated staff parking lots and any conditions related thereto; 18. That only conforming signage is approved with this petition, and any additional signage shall be separately submitted for review and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals; 19. That the specific plans referenced in this approving resolution shall be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time the building permits are applied for; and, 20. Pursuant to Section 19.10 of Ordinance #543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, this approval is valid for a period of one year only from the date of approval by City Council, and unless a building permit is obtained, this approval shall be null and void at the expiration of said period. Mr. Morrow: Is there any discussion? Ms. Scheel: Mark, at the beginning you read some letters of correspondence, and one of them was from the Fire Inspector. Did those concerns get addressed in these conditions, or do we need to address them in these conditions? Mr. Taormina: Those issues are typically addressed at the time of plan review, but if you want to reference that letter, we can do that. We can add a condition that would basically indicate that those issues as outlined in the Fire Department's correspondence dated November 12 be addressed to the satisfaction of the Inspection and Engineering Departments. Mr. Morrow: Does the maker and supporter agree to that condition. ITEM #2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 9W Public Hearings and Regular Meeting Ms. Scheel, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of the Minutes of the 999th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting held on August 10, 2010. August 24, 2010 25467 Mr. Taylor: Agreed. Ms. McDermott: Fine. Mr. Morrow: Okay, then that can be added to it. Ms. Scheel: Thankyou, Mr. Chair. Mr. Wilshaw: Just to make a comment before we vote. I've always tried to look at petitions as what's best for the residents first and then, of course, what's best for businesses right after that. But this is an interesting petition in the sense that it is the quintessential petition as to what's best for the residents and how can we better things for residents and make things betters for business as well. There are two main areas of concern the residents that live around Sl. Mary's Hospital have continuously brought to us over the years. One is the issue of the helicopters landing in the area, and the other is the drainage of the water into the ravine and the erosion problems that they've had in the neighboring subdivision. This petition addresses both of those concerns in a very positive way. It benefits the health care that our residents can gel from the hospital through having these single patient rooms and the enhanced emergency facilities that they're going to build. That to me is just an amazing win-win for the community and the fact that St. Mary's Hospital is looking to spend somewhere upwards of $60 million, or hopefully less if they can save a few bucks, for this addition onto the hospital is really just a benefit for our community and the neighboring communities who use our hospital. I really appreciate that they're making this investment in the city. Thank you. Mr. Morrow, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution. ITEM #2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 9W Public Hearings and Regular Meeting Ms. Scheel, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of the Minutes of the 999th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting held on August 10, 2010. August 24, 2010 25468 On a mot on by Wilshaw, seconded by Krueger, and unanimously adopted, it was #08-61-2010 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of 999th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting held by the Planning Commission on August 10, 2010, are hereby approved. A roll call vole on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following: AYES: Wilshaw, Krueger, McDermott, Smiley, Taylor, Scheel, Morrow NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Mr. Morrow, Chairman, declared the mo0on is carded and the foregoing resolution adopted. On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 1,000th Regular Meeting held on August 24, 2010, was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. CIN PLANNING COMMISSION Lynda L. Scheel, Secretary ATTEST: R. Lee Morrow, Chairman