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Banner Health's proposed Scottsdale hospital draws hours of public debate; applicant requests continuance
Summary
Banner Health presented plans for a phased medical campus including a phase-1 hospital and helipad; testimony from physicians, planning professionals and residents was sharply divided over need, airport safety, water and traffic impacts. The applicant asked for a continuance to address open issues and the Planning Commission voted to continue items 5 and 6 to a date to be determined.
The Planning Commission heard hours of testimony on Banner Health's proposed Banner Scottsdale Medical Campus (agenda items 5 and 6), including staff and applicant presentations, a detailed discussion about helipad safety and FAA approvals, and extended public comment both supporting and opposing the project. After the hearing the applicant requested a continuance and the commission voted to continue the items to a date to be determined.
What Banner proposed and what staff said
Greg Bloomberg and other city staff outlined the site's Crossroads East PCD context and recommended approval of the rezoning and the conditional-use permit for a hospital subject to standard conditions and stipulations. Staff said the master developer and Banner are funding or participating in needed water, sewer and roadway improvements and that the proposed building heights fit the PCD standards. The Airport Advisory Commission had earlier recommended denial, but staff noted Banner later provided additional FAA documentation.
Banner presented the development plan and public-benefit claims. Amy Perry, Banner Health's president and CEO, described the campus as a long-term community investment and said Banner had secured significant community backing. Banner representatives said Phase 1 would be a core hospital with 106 beds and that the campus could ultimately expand to about 300 beds; Banner said the project represents substantial private investment (the transcript quotes "$750,000,000 in private investment") and estimated…
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