San Jose Standard

A Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Good Samaritan Hospital Project is now available for public review and comment. The project involves a Planned Development Rezoning to a Commercial General CG(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. This will allow the demolition of the existing bed tower and daycare center associated with the current Good Samaritan Hospital Campus, followed by the phased construction of two new hospital wings totaling approximately 750,000 square feet, a 200,000-square-foot medical office building, two parking garages, and a central utility plant with underground water and sewer holding tanks designed to support 72 hours of emergency operation at the hospital. The project aims to increase the number of licensed acute care beds from 404 to 419 and result in a net increase of 958 new jobs. All phases of construction are expected to last approximately ten years.

The approximately 20-acre project site comprises two parcels located in the southwestern portion of San José at 2425 Samaritan Drive and 2333 Samaritan Place near the borders with the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Campbell.

The proposed project will have potentially significant environmental effects concerning air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazardous materials, noise, and transportation. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires this notice to disclose whether any listed toxic sites are present at the project location. The project location is contained on a list of hazardous materials sites maintained by the State in accordance with California Public Resources Code Section 65962.5.

The Draft EIR and documents referenced in it are available for review online at the City of San José’s “Active EIRs” website at www.sanjoseca.gov/activeeirs and can also be accessed at several locations:

Department of Planning, Building,

and Code Enforcement

200 East Santa Clara St., 3rd Floor

San José, CA 95113

(408) 535-3555

Dr. MLK Jr. Main Library

150 E. San Fernando St.,

San José, CA 95112

(408) 277-4822

Cambrian Library

1780 Hillsdale Avenue,

San José, CA 95124

(408) 808-3080