A public hearing was held at 10 am this morning in the Robert C. Carpenter Community Building. Macon Media only found out about the public hearing while browsing the WLOS-TV website shortly before 7:30 am, so was not able to provide the public much notice of this public hearing. Upon further investigation, a member of the Macon Issues online community discovered there was a public notice published on November 8, 2017, in the legal section of The Franklin Press, which is the local "paper of record." What follows is a video of the public hearing, which was attended mostly by MIssion Health Employees, members of the Angel Medical Center Board of Directors and a couple of people from the Town of Franklin and Macon County EMS. No one from the general public signed up to comment during the public hearing. Two county employees were the only ones to sign up to speak, the Director of Macon County Emergency Services, Warren Cabe, and the Coordinator for Macon County EMS, Todd Doster, both spoke in favor of the new facility from the standpoint of Macon County EMS.
An earlier article on the proposed site for the new hospital was published by Macon Media in November. [LINK]
Video and supporting documents are posted below.
MEDIA ROLL CALL
(media outlets with reporters/photographers present)
Macon Media
Macon County News and Shopping Guide
WFSC-AM/WNCC-FM
The Franklin Press
Here is a copy of the public notice, with the time for receiving public comment had already expired on December 1st, found on the NC DHHS website:
PUBLIC NOTICE
Angel Medical Center Seeks Approval for Replacement Hospital
RALEIGH — Angel Medical Center has filed a certificate of need application with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services seeking approval to develop a replacement hospital in Macon County.
Angel Medical Center proposes to construct a two-story, 82,600 square foot hospital with 30 acute care beds and three operating rooms near the intersection of US Highway 23/441 and Hunnicut Lane in
Franklin, approximately one mile from the existing hospital. The project is expected to cost $45 million and be completed in October 2021.
A public hearing for the project will be held Dec.19 at 10 a.m. in the Multi-purpose Room, Macon County Parks and Recreation Department, Community Facilities Building, 1288 Georgia Road in Franklin.
Anyone may file written comments concerning this proposal. Comments must be received by the Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section no later than 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1.
Comments may be submitted as an attachment to an email and sent to DHSR.CON.Comments@dhhs.nc.gov.
Comments may also be mailed to the following address:
Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
Division of Health Service Regulation
2704 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2704
For more information, please contact:
Mike McKillip, Project Analyst
Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
(919) 855-3873
Mike.McKillip@dhhs.nc.gov
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Posted at 2:12 pm on December 19, 2017
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