City Approves Harrison Land Sale
The Poulsbo City Council has agreed to sell property for a cancer care center to a local hospital of $2.8 million.
The council approved the purchase and sale agreement with Harrison Medical Center Wednesday night for site on 10th Avenue near the Poulsbo Fire Department - which was once destined for a new city hall.
“All this is, is an economic shot in the arm,” Mayor Kathryn Quade said.
Harrison plans to open an outpatient cancer-care center, and has told the city it’s ready to begin construction in 2009.
In the economic downturn, the hospital deal is an example of Poulsbo’s diversifying economic base, Quade said.
The hospital’s intentions have been public since August, though work has been ongoing since 2005.
Councilman Ed Stern said the facility will turn Poulsbo into a regional medical hub.
The city had originally intended to use the land on 10th for a new city hall until voters declined that notion in a 2006 advisory vote.
The land was purchased originally for $2.1 million. Because of Harrison’s not-for-profit status, and because the land was city owned, the deal required it to be sold for a fair market value.
The sale of that land is now part of a complex plan to afford a new city hall destined for land in downtown Poulsbo. The 10th Avenue property is one of three the city plans to sell to pay for bonds needed for construction.
Plans are on hold now for the new city hall because of the constricted economy and frozen bond markets.
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