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ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS GRANTING A TEMPORARY EASEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 11,290 SQUARE FEET FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ED/HVC PROJECT AND TEMPORARY AMBULANCE AREA OVER PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF ORCHARD STREET BETWEEN CHAPEL STREET AND GEORGE STREET AND ACCEPTING $150,000 AS COMPENSATION.
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WHEREAS, the Hospital is the owner of various properties comprised of the block generally bounded by Chapel Street, George Street, Sherman Avenue and Orchard Street, in the City of New Haven (collectively the "SRC Property") and additional properties located along Orchard Street (collectively the "Orchard Street Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Hospital intends to renovate and expand the Emergency Department/Heart Vascular and Cardiac Center ("ED/HVC") upon a portion of the SRC Property known as 1450 Chapel Street in order to increase available patient beds and improve patient care (the "ED/HVC Project"); and
WHEREAS, the existing emergency department located at the SRC Property ("Emergency Department") will continue to operate during the preparation, construction, and completion of the ED/HVC Project; and
WHEREAS, in order to continue to receive and treat patients arriving to the Emergency Department via ambulance during construction of the ED/HVC Project, it will be necessary for the Hospital to construct a temporary ambulance waiting and triage area ("Temporary Ambulance Area"); and
WHEREAS, due to existing site constraints and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements for ambulance waiting and triage areas, it will be necessary for the Hospital to locate the Temporary Ambulance Area and related structures over, under, and across certain portions of Orchard Street; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the Temporary Ambulance Area, as well as the preparation of the site and the construction of the ED/HVC Project, will require the grant of ce...
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