The Ingham County Medical Care Facility primarily uses Sparrow for its residents’ medical care but its offices are so busy, residents often must go to other providers for medical needs, Kate Hodgkins, director of post-acute care network and wellness for the Ingham County Medical Care Facility, wrote in a letter to the trustees. The facility would have 24/7 emergency services, Tabrizi said, and asked the trustees to “imagine that next to your home.”īut the proposal wasn’t without its support. She said enticing residents with access to municipal water and buffer does not change her opposition. Shereen Tabrizi said a medical office would “destroy the idyllic nature of the neighborhood” and inhibit residents’ tranquility and safety. “If anything, I feel it would take away from our nice, rural atmosphere,” she said. She said the light pollution would spoil the neighborhood and the facility would do little to add to residents’ property values. “I see it adding no value to our lives,” Sharon Morrisett said during a May township board meeting. “We do need to support health care on the south side,” he said.ĭuring the initial presentations, residents near the potential development opposed the zoning change, saying it will erode the quality of the neighborhood. Township Treasurer Phil Deschaine said on Monday that he did not initially support the request but the proposed changes, particularly the buffers and road access, led him to change his mind. More: Health care leaders see high demand for growth as they plan millions in investment The trustees cited those conditions of the zoning request as making the proposal more amenable. That included landscaping and buffers on the north and west sides of the property, limiting driveways to Jolly Road and Woodlake Drive, closing off access to the site from Kansas Road and extending and constructing water main connections into the municipal system, according to the proposal. Sparrow adds conditions to zoning requestĪfter public hearings before the Planning Commission and township board, developers agreed to a series of conditions they would follow if the request is approved. “If details can be worked out, we believe it would improve health care access and convenience to a major population center in the Lansing area and to communities further east, such as Williamston, Webberville, Fowlerville, Mason, and Alaiedon Township,” Foren said. The project, if it moves forward, would couple with Sparrow’s $40 million ambulatory surgical center, creating tens of millions of new investments in Greater Lansing, Foren said. More: Here's how $1.5B will change health care in Greater Lansing “There’s nothing like it in mid-Michigan,” he said. The free-standing emergency department is a combination of services available at an urgent care and those at Sparrow’s downtown Lansing emergency room, Bres said. Sparrow is proposing a single-story, 30,000 square foot office that would house six primary care physicians and a free-standing emergency department. Tom Bres, senior vice president and chief administrative officer for Sparrow Health System, said during a presentation to the trustees, that southern Meridian Township lacks an urgent care or family medicine office. Sparrow eyes property for family practice, emergency services “The project is under consideration and we are working with the local community and leaders to determine the viability.” “Sparrow can confirm that we are considering a unique development in local health care: a Sparrow facility near the vital intersection of I-96 and Okemos Road that would feature a number of services not currently available in that area,” spokesman John Foren said in a statement. If the trustees approve the zoning change, the Planning Commission would again need to review the request before it is approved. The township’s Planning Commission previously denied Sparrow's request, citing concerns over increased traffic and impact on the neighboring residences. The land is now restricted to industrial uses or single-family or medium density housing. The board on Tuesday introduced a resolution rezoning three parcels of land on Jolly and Kansas roads to allow for an office building. OKEMOS – The Meridian Township Board of Trustees could soon clear the way for Sparrow Health System to build an emergency medicine facility on Jolly Road.
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