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Currently browsing tag: Castro Valley Municipal Advisory CouncilUnion Lawsuit Threatens Future of New HospitalFriday, July 17th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, CEQA, Community, Construction, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Employees, Facility Planning & Design, George Bischalaney, Governmental approvals, Hospital CEO, News Room, Nurses, OSPHD, Patient Safety, Patients, Physicians, Project Management, SB 1953, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
Sutter Medical Center Faces Costly Delay, Loss of Construction Jobs as State Deadline Looms
The California Nurses Association (CNA) has filed a lawsuit that threatens the future of the new Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley now under construction.
“That the nurses union would sue to stop us from building our new hospital after a decade of planning is extremely frustrating to our employees, physicians, volunteers and patients who have worked so hard and so long for this,” said Eden Medical Center President ...
Read more.. Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley Garners More Community SupportWednesday, April 15th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, Community, Community meetings, Construction, DEIR, Devenney Group, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Emergency and Trauma Center, Environmental Impact Report, Facility Planning & Design, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Land Use Planning, San Leandro Hospital, SB 1953, Schedule, Seismic safety, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley, Town Hall meetings
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By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
As we discussed in previous posts, acute care hospitals must meet certain earthquake standards by 2013. Failure to meet these standards means that hospitals must cease operations. Recognizing the critical role Eden Medical Center plays in meeting the health care needs of the community, Sutter Health previously expressed its commitment to build a new, state-of-the-art hospital in Castro Valley. Yet, this important project can move forward only if it obtains certain ...
Read more.. Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council Gives its ApprovalMonday, March 30th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, Architecture, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, Community, Community meetings, Construction, DEIR, Design Innovation, Devenney Group, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, Eden Township Healthcare District, Environmental Impact Report, Facility Planning & Design, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Healthcare Innovation, Hospital Innovation, Land Use Planning, San Leandro Hospital, SB 1953, Schedule, Seismic safety, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley, Town Hall meetings
By Cassandra Clark, Project Communications Director
This week, the Alameda County Planning Department presented the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Sutter Castro Valley Medical Center and related documents to the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council for review and approval. The Council is an advisory board of seven community members who work on behalf of the unincorporated town of Castro Valley and serves as advisor to Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley.
This is one more essential step toward approvals to allow the new hospital ...
Read more.. Next Steps: Moving Forward to Build by 2013Friday, February 27th, 2009 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, Blog, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, Community, Community meetings, Construction, DEIR, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Land Use Planning, Schedule, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley, Town Hall meetings
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By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
Last December, the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley project was released for public review and inspection, and a 45-day public comment period commenced. During this time (the comment period ended January 20, 2009), the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council and the Alameda County Planning Commission held public hearings to present their comments and to receive comments from interested individuals and organizations.
Additionally, the County's ...
Read more.. Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Released for Review and Public CommentSaturday, December 13th, 2008 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, CEQA, Community, Community meetings, DEIR, Eden Hospital, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Land Use Planning, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
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This week, the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) was made available by Alameda County for public review and comment. This is a major milestone for this project, putting us one step closer to a new hospital for residents for central Alameda County. The document is about 300 pages of detail, and is available through the Alameda County Planning Commission. We are also planning to make it available on our site as downloadable PDF documents. ...
Read more.. CEQA Is More Than A Four-Letter WordThursday, December 11th, 2008 | No Comment Yet
Posted in Alameda County, California Environmental Quality Act, Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council, CEQA, Community, Community meetings, DEIR, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, State of California, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
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By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
In 1970, the State of California adopted landmark legislation known as the California Environmental Quality Act. The Act, often referred to by its four-letter acronym (CEQA), establishes a requirement that the potential environmental impacts associated with a proposed project be analyzed before a decision is made to approve or deny a project. If, as a result of this analysis, it is determined that a project will have significant environmental impacts, ...
Read more.. What it Takes to Get Approvals to Build a New HospitalThursday, October 30th, 2008 | 7 Comments
Posted in Community, DEIR, Eden Medical Center, EIR, Environmental Impact Report, FEIR, Governmental approvals, Landscape Architecture, Neighbors, Schedule, Sutter Health, Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley
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By Jesús Armas, Government Affairs Liaison
Hello, my name is Jesus Armas. My role with this project is to work with numerous governmental agencies to get the green light to enable Sutter Medical Center Castro Valley to be constructed.
This is an exciting and new experience for me. For three decades, I worked for a number of California cities and was involved in reviewing various projects as they were presented to those cities for approval. ...
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