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 Henry Mayo 25-Year Master Plan Fact Sheet (Rev. September 2006) (Rev. November 2006) What is a "master plan?" A "master plan" guides the long-term physical development of a particular area. This is the first master plan of private property prepared to date through the City of Santa Clarita planning process. The sponsors of the plan are Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital and G&L Realty, owners of the properties in development. This master plan guides the long-term build-out of an integrated, efficient, comprehensive 30-acre health care campus. Guidelines for building heights, square feet and parking needs are in the plan. The process includes research by experts and public input. Why did Henry Mayo and G&L Realty do a master plan? (Why not just build as needed?) In the case of the hospital, master planning carefully considers the community's future demand for medical services and helps ensure that the hospital's capacity to meet future demand is not compromised by short-sighted facility decisions. The master plan is phased to ensure the City, Henry Mayo and G&L have pre-agreed benchmarks for re-assessing environmental impact related to key infrastructure such as traffic. Who benefits from the master plan? The enhanced healthcare services the hospital will be able to provide as a result of the master plan are used primarily by residents of the Santa Clarita Valley, including Saugus, Canyon Country, Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, Westridge, Newhall and Valencia. The heaviest users of hospital and medical services will be those with emergent hospitalization needs, and seniors and individuals whose chronic illness or injury requires comprehensive medical therapies and specialist interventions. There is also demand for more comprehensive maternity services from our female population who are having children and desire the security of a neonatal intensive care unit and the comfort of private rooms. Why don't Henry Mayo and G&L Realty have separate master plans, or just one master plan for Henry Mayo's inpatient buildings? Henry Mayo will use low cost buildings (medical office buildings owned by G&L) as well as high cost buildings (inpatient facilities owned by Henry Mayo) in the provision of healthcare services. The optimal healthcare experience is provided when a medical campus links these two types of spaces - together these spaces create "healthcare centers of excellence." Efficiency and quality of care are maximized through this physical integration of specialists, technologies, hospital and medical office spaces. It's a tremendous advantage to the community that in Henry Mayo's case these many components can be developed in synch with each other and in synch with long-term demand. G&L's leasing criteria is tied to the hospital's functioning, which makes this collaboration productive. What are the phases in the September 2006 revision of the master plan? Phase I — starts 2007 - The "Catch Up" Phase
Phase II — 2008-2015 — Future Growth Phase
Phase III — to 2030 — Maximum Build-Out (to extent needed)
Other general notes:
Master plan next steps The city's planning commission has asked for the following additional information for consideration prior to approving the master plan: 1) Projected, detailed 15-year traffic impact and impact on select city streets 2) More visual definition of building mass in context with McBean Traffic on McBean was the primary, specific concern of the planning commission and neighbors (neighbors concerned that the project would cause drivers to cut through the Summit neighborhood to bypass slow or stopped traffic on McBean). The recent submitted traffic study shows that mitigations offset the impact of the master plan and the project has no impact on "cut thru" traffic on the summit. Building height on the perimeter of the campus close to McBean Parkway was another specific concern expressed and will be addressed has been reduced to 3 stories. Henry Mayo and G&L Realty are finalizing their presentation to the planning commission on Tuesday evening, November 21, in the City Council Chambers. The meeting starts at 7pm. Please support our master plan. It saves more lives.
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23845 McBean Parkway