Seneca Healthcare District Facility Replacement Project

Seneca Healthcare District Facility Replacement Project

The proposed General Plan Amendment would replace the existing Plumas County 2035 General Plan (2035 General Plan) designations of Resort and Recreation, Rural Residential, Single Family Residential, and Multiple Family Residential with Commercial and Multiple Family Residential. The proposed Zone Changes would replace the existing 7-R, M-R, C-2, Rec-OS, R-10, and Rec-P designations with C-2 (health services and parking lots) and M-R (dwelling units). In the Plumas County Code, Title 9, Planning and Zoning, Chapter 2 Zoning, health services and parking lots are allowable uses within the C-2 zone, and dwelling units is an allowable use the M-R zone. The proposed Project area totals 11.8 acres. The Option 1 helipad flight path area outside the Project area entails approximately 6 acres. Seneca Healthcare District (SHD; District) proposes to provide for the continuing care of their Plumas County and Chester area community through the construction of a new acute-care hospital and skilled nursing facility building to replace their existing aged facilities. Primarily built in the 1950s and 1970s, SHD’s current hospital buildings present a challenge to continued high-quality care in the size, accessibility, and environment of the current facilities. Considering the financial implications associated with the potential SB-1953 mandated seismic compliance upgrades of the existing buildings, SHD has elected to build new facilities and expand upon the current services offered by SHD. The existing facilities will be repurposed for non-acute care uses that have yet to be determined, with preliminary candidate uses including outpatient behavioral health or expanded physical therapy.

Plumas

Countywide, Northern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 2 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 2, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Residential (Employee housing)(Units 10, Acres 1.4), Other (Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility, & Employee Housing)

General Plan Amendment, Site Plan, Rezone, Annexation

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire