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Chris Beal, senior planner with the city’s Development and Permitting Services Department, said the master plan functions like a customized zoning district for MultiCare’s campus and is required under the city’s medical zoning rules (Title 20.88). MultiCare’s Tim Holmes and newly appointed Good Samaritan President Dawn Anaskevich joined the briefing to outline the hospital’s campus vision and community role.

Holmes told the council that in August 2023 the state approved 160 additional licensed beds for Good Samaritan to be located in a proposed Patient Care Tower, which the hospital expects to be the first major project under the master plan. The proposal also includes moving existing observation beds into the new tower and a shell floor that could be built out later. Beal said the campus plan covers four phases over a 20‑year horizon, with additional projects including two medical office buildings (up to 100,000 square feet each), a potential 90,000‑square‑foot central support tower, a 30,000‑square‑foot Dally Tower expansion and parking garage options.

The city and MultiCare described three principal EIS mitigation areas: traffic, sanitary sewer capacity, and emergency radio coverage. Beal said the EIS traffic analysis identified nearly 1,000 PM‑peak hour trips tied to full build‑out and that Fifteenth Avenue and South Meridian would require major mitigation. Proposed mitigation measures include widening Fifteenth Avenue to a four‑lane corridor, signalizing the Fifteenth/Fifth Avenue intersections (the existing roundabout would be signalized) and adding a second southbound left‑turn lane on Meridian. City staff warned the corridor work requires additional right‑of‑way and will face feasibility and cost constraints; staff said the widening and signalization measures are tied to later phases (beyond the initial Patient Care Tower) when medical office buildings and additional parking would increase traffic.

Sanitary sewer upgrades are already underway near the campus for current needs, but Beal said additional sewer main upgrades would likely be required for phase‑two and later development. On emergency communications, staff presented radio‑coverage modeling that showed the existing Dally Tower and proposed tower heights would create exterior radio‑frequency “shadow” areas. Beal said interior booster systems can mitigate indoor coverage but that exterior gaps require coordination with public safety communications specialists; the city has shared the RF analysis with Central Pierce and emergency managers.

Ambulance throughput at the hospital’s ER emerged as a focused operational concern. Beal described a phased ambulance‑bay strategy negotiated with Central Pierce Fire: an initial phase of reconfiguration to add queuing and remove conflicting police parking stalls, and a later phase that would add capacity using an area currently landscaped (to be vault‑filled) if a future Dally Tower expansion includes ER enlargement. City staff said Central Pierce supported the phased approach while recognizing ongoing service‑level concerns.

Holmes and Anaskevich emphasized local care capacity and workforce development. Holmes said more than half of inpatient users from East Pierce County seek care outside the community today and the hospital’s expansion intends to retain more care locally. Anaskevich said MultiCare wants to grow local training and hiring pipelines and praised existing partnerships with local colleges, including a recently established program with Pacific Lutheran University and connections to Washington State University’s medical education programs.

Beal said the planning commission has reviewed the plan and conducted a site visit; the city expects to issue a final EIS next month and return to council for a first reading and subsequent adoption, with a target for final adoption in June 2025. Council members asked about investment scale, jobs, and phasing; hospital staff said capital costs for the Patient Care Tower would be in the hundreds of millions and full build‑out would represent substantially larger investment that could reach into the high‑hundreds of millions, but they did not provide a single all‑phases dollar figure at the session.

Public comment at the end of the meeting included one speaker who urged the council to reconsider a separate crisis/DCR program connected to the hospital and police, and who described a personal negative experience; the council referred the comment for follow‑up.

Ending: City staff will issue the final EIS, return to council for ordinance readings and coordinate further with Central Pierce and MultiCare on traffic, sewer and emergency communications mitigation as the master plan moves toward possible adoption.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Puyallup Council Meeting April 15, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Puyallup planning staff and MultiCare Health System representatives presented the Good Samaritan Hospital 20‑year master campus plan and the forthcoming final environmental impact statement (EIS) at the City Council study session on April 15, 2025.","taxTitle","Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington","taxId",54129,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6271022,"Puyallup studies stormwater comprehensive plan update; council hears about new permit rules, projects and $1.1B funding gap",2133,343000,2476000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3029509-64b182271799d4535a411aad389292ba&start=343&end=2476","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3029509-64b182271799d4535a411aad389292ba/thumbnail_343000.jpg","/articles/6271022/Puyallup/Pierce-County/Washington/Puyallup-studies-stormwater-comprehensive-plan-update-council-hears-about-new-permit-rules-projects-and-11B-funding-gap","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6271022-7686653a61f040ae2ef3750f3d951937/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150772&Signature=KGyAsX2iuyiFVUTtZOeXGqP4HSIXf1lS1YoqMKLRi6k2am-EoM9Ul01xXEqXkfu9FPdvLXRQAPOxhVNV-qOpiy9USb9NA-VeTwRzJK2dp3eXZ9x4Wn-a3mn-AqdcgVQtZEVzCR0F3Bnu1ilPWLda9tYENtFM3Ve6qa5ebSXXiN7Yk6J1IhKbzVd~QEcnUdMVm0SuKb4HUBhQ2KsdBG3V4s61pFd129ImOPxXDiNwXZ7pLIW9BFJXl5mDhRS7ZFqXXIqOdNC8eBsZgPQfr2k~H0Zw~5~txggj-6InSvUGAwxEyuRAMSRbUPF0wpnBvPso-yScs3ol0BMUsQPNLwpaVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Puyallup City officials presented a draft update to the city’s stormwater comprehensive plan at a council study session on April 15, 2025, laying out new regulatory requirements, a six‑year implementation program and a prioritized capital list that city staff say will require more staffing and grant funding to implement.

The plan, introduced by Kelton Parker, stormwater engineer for the City of Puyallup, and presented with consultant Margaret Hales of Brown & Caldwell and City Engineer Hans Hunger, describes the municipal system — “stormwater is rainwater and runoff that is collected through our drainage system,” Parker said — and the work needed to meet an updated municipal stormwater permit (Phase 2) and the Clean Water Act obligations the permit implements.

City staff said the plan’s near‑term goals are to prioritize capital projects for the next six years, map stormwater‑beneficial tree canopy, improve asset management and create a new program to address stormwater at existing developed sites (SMED). Parker said SMED’s target is to fund or implement treatment that serves 6.9 acres of drainage area, a number derived from the state permit’s formula for the city’s population. The plan also calls for mapping treated and untreated drainage areas and adding code language to address illicit discharges, including PFAS and PCBs.

Staff described the system inventory in the plan and the scale of assets to manage: eight drainage basins, eight stormwater pump stations, 96 outfalls and about 459 stormwater facilities. The presentation lists more than a hundred identified stormwater projects; staff highlighted nine priority capital projects and 37 second‑tier projects. One priority project is the multi‑phase Fourth Street stormwater upgrade to reroute downtown flows to the Puyallup River; staff estimated the total cost for all phases at about $25 million.

The six‑year implementation table (2025–2030) as presented includes three ongoing projects, six priority capital projects, six modeling studies, four new programs, a number of program expansions to accommodate growth and roughly six new recommended full‑time positions to run expanded inspection and repair‑and‑replacement programs. Parker noted some programs already exist and many will be expanded; he said the city’s existing street‑sweeping program meets much of the new permit requirement but will need more documentation for annual reporting.

On funding, Parker showed a large gap between available budget and the plan’s recommendation; the slide cited a roughly $1,111,000,000 shortfall across the plan horizon. He added the city has averaged about $3 million per year in stormwater grants since 2017 and has been successful securing state grants, but that grant income fluctuates with project readiness and competitiveness.

Council members pressed staff on details. Council member Whiting asked what “6.9 acres” refers to; Parker replied it is “6.9 acres of drainage area that we have to” treat under the SMED requirement. Council member Johnson asked whether the city reassesses older retention ponds that appear underutilized; Parker said designs and soils vary and some ponds may appear dry except during large storms, but that the rehabilitation program has in some cases relieved downstream flooding. Council member Johnson asked staff to explore a process for property owners or applicants to request repurposing underused stormwater facilities; staff said redevelopment occasionally replaces ponds with vaults or other solutions but that a formal reassessment process was not in the plan and could be pursued.

Council members also asked about culverts and an emergency repair on Deer Creek. Hans Hunger said the city had applied for and was working to secure a state grant of about $8.3 million to replace four culverts that had failed and washed out a road, cutting off several properties. Parker said the city has roughly 100 culverts identified in an R&R program for condition assessment and prioritization.

Other items emphasized in the briefing: a new mapping requirement for stormwater‑beneficial tree canopy, development of the SMED retrofit program to treat defined acres of existing development, three new repair‑and‑replacement programs (infrastructure, pump stations and culverts), and a small beaver‑management item to address beaver dams that cause localized flooding; Parker gave an example of a case on Deer Creek that required a permitting “notch” to relieve backwater.

Parker said the final draft was completed in November 2024 and that staff had scheduled a public hearing and first reading for April 29, 2025, as the next steps toward formal adoption.

The council and staff agreed to follow up on specific requests, including more detail on grant source splits and a potential process to assess and, where appropriate, repurpose underutilized stormwater ponds.

Ending: The presentation will return for public hearing and ordinance consideration; staff requested council direction on next steps and additional detail to support budgeting and grant applications.","City staff and consultants briefed the City Council on a 20-year stormwater comprehensive plan update, new state permit requirements, near-term capital priorities including Fourth Street downtown upgrades, and staffing and funding needs; councilmembers asked about pond reuse, culverts and beaver management.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6271014,"At a glance: Puyallup Council study session actions (April 15, 2025)",25,327000,352000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3029509-64b182271799d4535a411aad389292ba&start=327&end=352","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3029509-64b182271799d4535a411aad389292ba/thumbnail_327000.jpg","/articles/6271014/Puyallup/Pierce-County/Washington/At-a-glance-Puyallup-Council-study-session-actions-April-15-2025","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6271014-766247150bac82a4b36fe242c4ff1beb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150772&Signature=Q~9G8IDsRCLFR6tQkZGBVCWwmoJQWF6dox1FjzGfxsRqp7goW5uxdpstyK1YB6-zQ7Kobr6ycJGQNROmH89HG3pnF1Nh9X-b~Jvr7iMvqXhpDyHS7OAHtTs6Cdx2jOY3zrUSgT77Zdot22uu9E74lF8sByj42sHbFytgbuDoORa5JawR23XuxyITk~iTbBazGSgmWFEcANS53DwAsXOagtgJmR-aZ3xFkKMogzewmvQwAqi7RyMNRlDCJzti~vqNKLTj3xp-XJkNqWyqkIYSTVjipdJDDkXC7LrIPELzZ7t7fn1rsSM8V0n7f4uygA1AFebDncUk7ZEGjDDLIyb9hg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Puyallup City Council took one recorded procedural action at the start of the April 15, 2025 study session: the council approved the meeting agenda by voice vote after a motion and second.

The clerk called the roll at the start of the session (Deputy Mayor King was recorded as excused). A council member moved to approve the agenda; the motion was seconded and the council answered “Aye” on a voice vote. No recorded roll‑call tally was provided on the record. No other formal ordinance adoptions or final votes on land‑use items occurred during the study session; the two main agenda items (stormwater plan and Good Samaritan master plan/EIS) were study presentations and will return to council for formal actions at future public meetings.

Ending: Staff indicated follow‑up and future hearings for both substantive items; the council did not adopt ordinances at the April 15 study session.","The study session included routine procedural action: the council approved the meeting agenda by voice vote; Deputy Mayor King was excused. No final ordinances or votes on bills were taken at the session.","actionData","errors"]

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Council reviews Good Samaritan 20‑year master plan; EIS flags major traffic, sewer and radio‑coverage mitigation

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