$2.5 Million For Valley Blvd Relocation

Escondido estimates that it will cost $2.5 million to relocate Valley Blvd in order for PPH (Palomar Pomerado Health) to build a 50,000 square foot office building as promised in its MOU.

The Project is included in Escondido's Capital Improvement Plan for 2007/2008 on page 46.
http://civics.robroy.cc/CIPBudget2007-2008p46.pdf (page 46)
http://civics.robroy.cc/CIP 2007-08 - 2011-12.pdf (Entire Document 10.5 MBytes)

MOU:

http://civics.robroy.cc/AB.pdf

Keep Hospital Downtown

An Escondido Doctor wrote the following letter to the editor of the North County Times:

"I have practiced at Palomar Hospital and lived in Escondido for over 30 years and, just like the hospital board members, am amazed at the increased cost of building a whole new hospital in the Auto Park area of our city. This will drive up the cost of health care for all of us who live in the Palomar hospital district. The move will also hurt downtown Escondido since there won't be money left to significantly renovate the present hospital site.

Since much of the present downtown hospital is fairly new and will meet earthquake standards for many years, and since the present site is so convenient for those relying on public transportation and ride sharing, the PPHS board should realize that the original plan to build a new tower at the downtown site is best for the district residents. Abandoning this site and building a whole new hospital is like throwing the baby out with the bath water, and I should know since I practiced obstetrics for over 30 years at Palomar.

District residents should contact the Palomar hospital board by e-mail at tlc@pph.org or call (800) 628-2880 and ask them to keep our hospital downtown.

Dr. Arthur Stehly
Escondido"
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06/21/
opinion/letters/6_20_0717_06_27.txt