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HHC board approves acquisition by quitclaim of small parcel near Meadows for IEMS headquarters site
Summary
The board voted 6-0 to accept a quitclaim deed of roughly 0.085 acre (about 3,700 sq ft) from the Meadows Community Foundation, consolidating contiguous parcels near the planned IEMS headquarters; the board approved resolution 1-2025 for the acquisition.
The Health and Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve Resolution 1-2025, authorizing the corporation to accept a quitclaim deed for a small parcel on East 30th Street from the Meadows Community Foundation Inc.
Paul Babcock, president and CEO of Health and Hospital Corporation, told trustees the parcel is a leftover strip of land discovered during replatting in the Meadows area where several HHC projects are underway, including the new IEMS headquarters. "It turns out in replatting, the pieces of property around that area, there was a sliver of land on 30 Eighth Street that was not owned by the corporation but actually owned by the Meadows Community Foundation Incorporated," Babcock said. He said the foundation agreed to quitclaim the parcel to HHC at no cost.
Babcock said the acquisition will result in an unbroken piece of land from 30 East 8th Street to 3985 Meadows and that the IEMS entrance will face Meadows Drive. Board members asked whether environmental or contamination concerns had been evaluated; staff said a phase I review had been done as part of the broader IEMS headquarters project and no contamination issues were identified. Babcock described the parcel as "a sliver" and later provided a size estimate: approximately 0.085 acre (about 3,700 square feet).
After discussion, the board approved Resolution 1-2025 by roll-call vote. The motion carried 6-0 with Vice Chairperson Drummer, Trustee Doucette, Trustee Dr. Fish, Trustee Hanafi, Trustee O'Brien and Trustee Lazard recorded as voting yes. Trustee Horn was not present.
