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Redwood City council votes to initiate study of Stanford Medicine Cancer Center after extensive Q&A
Summary
The council voted to begin city-led study of Stanford Healthcare's proposed cancer center in Redwood City, authorizing environmental review and community engagement. Council members pressed Stanford on traffic, energy, bed counts and community benefits before a 4-vote initiation with three members recused.
The Redwood City Council voted April 13 to initiate a city-led study of Stanford Healthcare's proposal to add a cancer center to its Redwood City campus, a first step that triggers environmental review, public scoping and further community engagement.
Stanford's presentation described a multi-building concept that would add inpatient capacity and a larger research campus on roughly 48 acres. Rick Shumway, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Stanford Healthcare, said the inpatient hospital could include ‘‘a range from about 180 to 320’’ beds depending on planning and phasing, and that the campus would also add roughly 100 to 200 new clinic rooms and substantial research space.
The initiation vote does not…
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