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Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Community Meeting Presentation December 12, 2018

Welcome!

Sue Sandberg, MBA, RN Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital Executive Vice President, Wellforce Panel Members Ryan Fuller, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Strategy and Business Planning Sarah Modine, Shields Health Care, Vice President Ambulatory Surgery

• Dr. Steven Sbardella, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Chief Medical Officer

Sean Manning, VHB Director of Transportation Planning & Operation Justin Mosca, VHB Project Manager, Site/Civil Engineer

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Agenda

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

○ Advancing Care for the Community ○ A Member of Wellforce ○ Future Services

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)

○ Location, Traffic and Parking

Next Steps Questions Timing: 6PM – 8PM

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Best-in-Class Care for Our Community

• Advanced care through partnerships, including

with Tufts Medical Center

• More services in the community
• Greater access to care
• Leading employer
• Member of Wellforce health system

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Lawrence Memorial Master Plan – Existing & New Services

• INKHOUSE SLIDE

Ambulatory Surgery Center: Site, Parking and Traffic

Ambulatory Surgery Center Project

• Who is involved?
• Joint venture between Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Shields Health Care, and

surgeons

• What happens in an ASC?
• Scheduled, day surgeries like colonoscopies, ear tubes, and knee ligament repair
• Lower cost, high-quality healthcare for patients
• ASC does not mean ambulances
• Outpatient care = future of healthcare
• ASC will be for-profit and will generate tax revenue for the city
• The hospital maintains its not-for-profit status

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Civil / Traffic Engineer

• VHB is a professional engineering and planning firm based in

Watertown, MA (1,300 professionals in 24 offices)

• ASC Project: Site/civil, transportation, site survey, landscape design
• Extensive list of local Hospital clients to whom we have provided

transportation and parking studies, including:

• Winchester Hospital
• North Shore Medical Center
• Mass General Hospital
• Brigham & Women’s Hospital
• And many more

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For Site Location

• Ease of Patient

Access

• Aesthetically inline

(tucked in) with surrounding hospital buildings

• Optimal ability to

reconfigure parking

• Preserves

perimeter green space Governors Ave

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For Site Location

• Ease of Patient

Access

• Aesthetically inline

(tucked in) with surrounding hospital buildings

• Optimal ability to

reconfigure parking

• Preserves

perimeter green space

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ASC

• One story building
• Patient registration,

3 ORs, 2 procedure rooms, recovery suite

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Proposed Ambulatory Surgery Center Site and Redesigned Front Parking

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Proposed Ambulatory Surgery Center Site and Redesigned Front Parking

Parking and Traffic Study Goals

• Goal of the study is to estimate and quantify the incremental

impacts of the Proposed Project on the area roadway network and on-campus parking

• Existing conditions
• Plus newly constructed ASC fully operational
• Plus ASC fully operational + new/expanded LMH services
• Peer review to be conducted by separate firm selected by the City

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Existing Parking at Lawrence Memorial Hospital

Existing Parking

• 422 total spots
• Front lots – 254

spots -- not adequately designed for today’s needs

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Site with Proposed Ambulatory Surgery Center

Proposed Parking

• 361 total spaces

provides adequate parking for future needs

• New design proposed

for front lots

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 School Of Nursing ASC Services LMH Services

422 spaces 361 spaces 361 spaces 328 spaces 329 spaces 279 spaces

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Estimated Future LMH Campus Peak Parking

Existing Condition + Fully operational ASC + ASC & new LMH services

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Traffic Study Area Intersections

Initial:

1.) Lawrence Road at Summit Road 2.) Lawrence Road at Terrace Road 3.) Lawrence Road at Governors Avenue 4.) Lawrence Road at Ashcroft Road 5.) Governors Avenue at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Driveway (South) 6.) Governors Avenue at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Driveway (North) 7.) Governors Avenue at Sherwood Road/Brewster Road 8.) Governors Avenue at South Border Road

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First Scope Expansion Added: 9.) Lawrence Road at Winthrop Street 10.) Lawrence Road at Lincoln Road 11.)Lawrence Road at Forest Street 12.) Governors Avenue at Massachusetts Avenue 13.) Governors Avenue at High Street 14.) Sherwood Road at Massachusetts Avenue 15.) Ashcroft Road at Massachusetts Avenue 16.) South Border Road at Westwood Road

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Traffic Study Area Intersections

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Traffic Study Area Intersections

Second Scope Expansion Added: 17.) Roosevelt Circle

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Total Project Generated Vehicle Volumes

• The full-build Project, inclusive of ASC and new LMH services, net-new

generated trips are approximately 36-41 vehicles/hour during weekday peak periods

(approximately 0.7 vehicles per minute)

• As a comparison, the intersection of Governors Ave/Lawrence Rd

processes 1,750-1,800 peak periods vehicles

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Trip Generation

Movement AM Peak 7:15-8:15 PM Peak 4:45-5:45 ASC Operational In 50 16 Out 15 41 Sub Total 65 57 School of Nursing In (-36) (-4) Out (-4) (-36) Sub Total (-40) (-40) LMH Reprograming In 11 6 Out 5 13 Sub Total 16 19 Total 41 36

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Trip Generation Comparison

Movement AM Peak 7:15-8:15 PM Peak 4:45-5:45 In 156 60 Out 38 86 Total 194 146

Existing LMH Campus Plus Fully Operational ASC Net-New Trip Generation

Movement AM Peak 7:15-8:15 PM Peak 4:45-5:45 In + 11 + 11 Out + 9 + 1 Total Net New + 20 + 12

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Trip Generation Comparison

Movement AM Peak 7:15-8:15 PM Peak 4:45-5:45 In 156 60 Out 38 86 Total 194 146

Existing LMH Campus Plus New LMH Services and ASC Generated Net-New Trip Generation

Movement AM Peak 7:15-8:15 PM Peak 4:45-5:45 In + 25 + 18 Out + 16 + 18 Total Net New + 41 + 36

Trip Distribution

• Based on existing LMH patient and staff zip code data
• Estimated percentage of Project trips expected along each route
• 63% I-93 to/from the north
• 19% I-93 to/from the south
• 9% South Border Road
• 4% Winchester Road
• 5% Other Local Roads
• This is where hospital and ASC volume comes to/from

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Next Steps in traffic and parking

• Full reports developed and submitted to city as part of permitting

application and review

• This will be available to community

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Summary Next Steps

Next Steps: Ambulatory Surgery Center

State

• Jan. 9, 2019, Public Health Council votes on DPH staff recommendation

City

• LMH/Shields will submit project scope and planning level design to City

Officials

• The public permitting process is anticipated to include review by the

Community Development Board, the Board of Appeals and the City Council

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Next Steps: Emergency Department

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• Notification to stakeholders on November 7, 2018
• Formally filed with the state on December 7, 2018
• 90 day review process by Department of Public Health
• Department of Public Health scheduling a public hearing on January 2,

2019, 6PM Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing

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Lawrence Memorial Master Plan – Existing & New Services

• INKHOUSE SLIDE

Comprehensive community care:

• ASC site location tucked-in with existing buildings
• Adequate parking for current and future needs

How to stay up to date on project?

• Email us: community@melrosewakefield.org
• Visit us for information and to sign up for email

https://www.melrosewakefield.org/visionlmh/

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Questions