Agenda Item: 3
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
NEW BUSINESS
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: February 14, 2023
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF A CONTRIBUTION TO HENRY MAYO
NEWHALL HOSPITAL'S BUILDING FOR YOUR HEALTH
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Michael Villegas
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council discuss the capital campaign request made by Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and provide direction to City staff.
BACKGROUND
Established in 1975, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (HMNH) is a 356-bed, not-for-profit community hospital and trauma center that serves as the only hospital in the Santa Clarita Valley.
The hospital provides a wide range of care through a number of services including, but not limited to, a maternity department, cancer program, advanced primary stroke center, and a spine and joint program, among many other vital programs and centers.
In 2008, the City Council approved the HMNH Master Plan and Development Agreement, which would allow for on-site improvements to the existing campus, including an inpatient building, three medical office buildings, a central plant facility, and four parking structures. In 2016, the City Council approved the creation of a Specific Plan for the HMNH campus, which included approvals for a zoning change, 31,000 square-foot expansion to the existing campus, and various other amendments to the Master Plan and Development Agreement documents to stay consistent with the new Specific Plan. Since these approvals, the first facility, a new inpatient building, was completed and opened in late 2019. The new building has been well received by the community and proved extremely valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic, which plagued our residents in early 2020. More recently, in 2021, the City Council approved further updates that would keep the HMNH campus consistent with state laws and allow for additional facilities. The approval amended the 2008 Master Plan and Development Agreement to permit the development of up to an additional 200,000 square feet of building area for a diagnostics and testing building, a new inpatient building, and up to 292 new parking spaces to be added to one of the existing parking
structures.
As part of HMNH’s new patient tower Building for Your Health capital campaign, the hospital is focused on completing the build out of the tower’s first floor, which includes a new surgical center. To aid in this effort, HMNH has respectfully requested the City to consider a $2 million pledge, which can be paid in one lump sum or over the course of four years. Should the City Council elect to provide a contribution, the funds would go towards the capital campaign and surgical center, which would replace suites that are over 40 years old and provide critical services for residents of the Santa Clarita Valley for years to come. In appreciation of the City’s support, HMNH has offered to work with the City to create a suitable recognition in the new surgical center’s waiting area. It should be noted that the City contributed $200,000 in October of 1999 to support the HMNH trauma center.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
No alternative action is applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact is contingent upon the direction of the City Council which has discretion to provide a donation in any amount up to $2 million. However, any contribution made to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital would require the use of General Fund dollars.
ATTACHMENTS
HMNH Capital Campaign Request 10.3.22