Little new on new hospital

The full Board of Directors of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District met Wednesday night in a brief meeting attended by about 18 locals. The financial report, summarized by CEO Carl Gerlach, was unchanged from that reported here earlier in the week, namely, operating losses of about $200,000 per month continue, covered by the $195 parcel tax approved in March of this year. New information on facilities planning was largely deferred to the December 12 meeting, when cost estimates will be presented for the phased capital expenditure program.
No hospital planning resources are being expended for the alternate, “Broadway” site promoted by the Barry Swenson development group, which has options on the several parcels of land involved. Several board members have made statements at recent meetings praising Gerlach, who has been conducting detailed planning work for a new facility to be built on the Carinalli property on West MacArthur Boulevard. The board is still planning to bring a general bond measure before local voters in the early months of 2008, to cover the first phase of construction there.