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**** If you support Route 50 as the location of the next Loudoun hospital, please write or speak to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in support of StoneSpring Medical Center by May 10th. Click here to get started. ****
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Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
1 Harrison Street, S.E., Fifth Floor
P.O. Box 7000
Mailstop #01
Leesburg, VA 20177-7000
These are tentative dates for the StoneSprings Medical Center application. The agendas for these meetings can change up to and including the day of the meeting. Please check back here or www.loudoun.gov the day of the meeting for any SMC updates.
*** The Board of Supervisors encourages people to call in advance to sign up to speak at the Board's public input sessions or public hearings by calling the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors at 703-771-5072 or 703-777-0200. Advanced sign-ups will be taken until 12:00 noon the day of the meeting. Citizens will also have the option to sign-up in person at the meetings.
May 10th - Board of Supervisors Public Hearing on SMC (speaking opportunity)
Location: Loudoun County Government Building [map]
1 Harrison Street, S.E.
Leesburg, VA 20175
Board Room
Time: 6:30 pm (according to the agenda SMC will be heard no earlier than 6:30pm)
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October 2008 - older material
BRMC Sample letter
Date: October 26, 2008
To: Loudoun County Board of Supervisors,
Loudoun County Planning Commission
CC: Leesburg Today
From: Lisa Freeman
Rachel Hill Drive
South Riding, VA 20152
Re: Comments for the Record regarding Broadlands Regional Medical Center
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Board of Supervisors,
I have been a supporter of the Countywide Health Care Facilities Plan since its adoption in March of 2005. This plan calls for healthcare facilities to be located throughout Loudoun County, particularly in underserved areas, such as Dulles South. It calls for incentives to facilitate the medical services in locations across the county with a goal of having such services be available to all county residents within 20 minutes driving time during peak travel demand. I’m asking that you honor this plan.
The proposed Broadlands Regional Medical Center (BRMC) by the Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) is too close to the existing Loudoun Hospital Center to meet even the spirit of this policy. It doesn’t seem right that one area of the county would be positioned to have quick access to 2 full-service hospitals, while many parts of the county, including Dulles South, are not well-served.
There are a number of additional reasons to oppose BRMC’s Broadlands location:
I strongly urge you to deny the BRMC application and encourage the building of the next Loudoun hospital in Dulles South per the Comprehensive Plan to serve the thousands of residents that are here.
Sincerely,
Lisa Freeman
Rachel Hill Drive
South Riding, VA 20152
p.s. I am a private citizen and not affiliated with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Loudoun Healthcare, Inc., Inova Health System, or any other healthcare provider.
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Feb 2, 2009 Action Alert
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
At 5:30pm on Sunday, Feb 1, Supervisor Miller issued a constituent email in which he states: “If the board does not approve BRMC on Tuesday, it is also passing up a guaranteed emergency room on Route 50 at the same time.”
Based on the BRMC proffer language, there is NO guarantee of an emergency room. On page 5 of the BRMC Proffer, (A-15 of the Loudoun County Staff Report) it reads:
In an effort to expand healthcare services for residents in the southern portion of the County, the Developer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to establish and open a freestanding emergency department or other healthcare facility on or near the Route 50 corridor (the "Route 50 Facility") no later than twelve (12) months following the date of the issuance of the first occupancy permit for the hospital building to be constructed as part of the Medical Campus pursuant to SPEX 2008-0028. In the event an occupancy permit for the Route 50 Facility has not been issued within the timeframe set forth in this Proffer, then the Applicant shall be required to pay to the County the sum of $250,000.00 to be used for regional transportation improvements along Route 659 between the Dulles Greenway and Route 50. If applicable, such payment shall be made within sixty (60) days of the date on which it becomes due under the terms of this Proffer. Once an occupancy permit for the Route 50 Facility has been issued or, alternatively, the required payment made, the Developer shall have no further obligations under this Proffer.
1. HCA will use this form to either request an extension from the State of Virginia on their Broadlands COPN with the risk being that the State won't grant them any more extensions
OR HCA will ask for a "Significant Change Request" (same form) to a Dulles South location on Route 50
OR HCA will withdraw.
2. If HCA loses their COPN, Inova will apply for a COPN for a phased full-service hospital at their site on Route 50, which up until now they could not apply for since HCA held the Broadlands COPN. It probably won't have the same number of beds that Broadlands will have, but will be sized appropriately for our area, and will grow accordingly over time.
We continue to believe that an approval of BRMC will delay a full-service hospital for Dulles South for years to come. As always we are not advocating for or against any one healthcare provider.
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