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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 6, 1993 Page - 11 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Polvorosa questioned how this re-zone could take place in this area. Mr. Weisbrod said there are a variety of uses in the area, including commercial uses by the Hospital . Council Member Polvorosa asked what would stop the Hospital from buying the entire block and turning it into a business use. Mr. Weisbrod said, at this point, the agreement says they would not change the character of the two homes, and they would leave the other two homes single-family uses. Council Member Nahm said he is concerned because the street is so narrow that any additional traffic would severely disrupt the R-1 environment. He said the mix around the area makes him feel the people in the area are being strangled slowly. He said this could set a dangerous precedent. He said he felt the Hospital should be able to accommodate these uses within the existing facilities. He said, even if the Conditions said patients and clients could not park on the street, he did not see how they could be made to comply. Mr. Weisbrod said parking enforcement would be up to the Hospital , and if they did not comply the Conditional Use could be revoked. Doris Porth, Executive .Director, representing San Leandro Hospital , said their purpose was to ask for a change from Residential to Professional for two of the four houses the Hospital owns. She said this would provide space within the Hospital for a fast-track Emergency Room by moving Accounting and other services out. She said they need to do this because the largest area of complaints in the Hospital is related to the long waiting time in the Emergency Room. She said this is the only Emergency Room in San Leandro, and they are the only acute- care facility. She said there has been a 50% increase in ambulance traffic as well as an increase in the severity of illness in patients who come into the Hospital . She said there is not enough space to handle the clinic or non-urgent care along with the ambulance patients. She said they do not own all the medical buildings on the campus. She pointed out the members of the Senior Association currently park on the campus. Kelly Mather, San Leandro Hospital , said, on March 25 a presentation was made to the Planning Commission. She said the Hospital is the only acute-care, medical -surgical hospital , and the only basic emergency center in San Leandro. She said most San Leandro 911 calls go there. She said increased sickness of patients means a longer waiting period, and there are more Workers' Comp. cases. She said they need to maintain quality care and services and, to do this, several support services can be moved off site in a cost-effective manner. She said the Hospital owns the subject buildings so there would be no additions or modular buildings. She said the Senior Friends Association would occupy one house and the Accounting Department the other, and only