The Observation Deck

what happens if city council decides not to go through with the deal!! what would be the ramifications? just curious

christopher dan wrote:what happens if city council decides not to go through with the deal!! what would be the ramifications? just curious

The council can't accomplish anything unless it knows what it wants.

The Clinic wants a very limited facility in Lakewood to act as a feeder to its facilities in Avon. It also wants a guarantee that the City will keep out any competition in Lakewood. The City of Avon cannot support what is being built and the Clinic knows it. Think of Lakewood as their own private milk cow.

The small and secretive group that controls the Lakewood Hospital Foundation and the Hospital board wants the treasury of the Foundation and the money from the Clinic to found some still secret development plan.

City council doesn't know what it wants. Ultimately it will put some lipstick on a this pig call it a peacock and declare victory.

It didn't have to be this way but that's the way it is.

christopher dan wrote:what happens if city council decides not to go through with the deal!! what would be the ramifications? just curious

Here is the deal, so you can understand it, though Bill has given a brief description some
of the adjectives I do not agree with, but overall he is correct on his post here.

The Clinic owes the City of Lakewood, $13 million dollars. PERIOD.

$1 million a year for 13 years.

As for the contract, they way I read it, they could fulfill healthcare side putting a retired
person there with Bactine and some Scooby Doo bandages.

This is why blaming the hospital for moving anything is ludicrous. They could have left a
long time ago, or dragged it out until 2026. Likewise they could have announced leaving
back in September 2014 when this LOI was drawn up. But they care about 51,000 potential
patients, and for Lakewood that is a good thing.

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