The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 23, 1989 Page: 4 of 51
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The Colony Leader, Wednesday, August 23, 1989
Trinity Medical Center prepares for expansion
Trinity Medical Center is getting from the west as Hebron Parkway “That has proven to be a night- from five to nine. Greene said, “We Acouple ofthe delivery rooms will Construction of the western addi-
r ly for the Sept. 19 groundbreak- opens to Old Denton Road and even- mare. We’ve done two mini- are building the standard outpatient be for Caesarean sections and more tion is expected to start around the
i of its $15.6 million expansion and tually Interstate 35E, Greene said, renovations in the past two years to surgery suite. There is a holding complicated deliveries. beginning of 1990. Greene said it will
ovation project. The ceremony is The new structure ties right in accommodate the growth, but it’s at area or cubical where the patients The new second floor will blend in take about three years to complete
se t for 12:30 p.m. with the existing building and will the point it can’t grow anymore. We comes in has all the testing done, with the existing second floor labor all the work.
I lospital administrator Dewey house the new emergency room and are really pushed to the max in ER,” goes to surgery and then back to the and delivery area which was just re- A separate project in the works is
G ene said the expansion has three outpatient surgery areas on the first Greene said. The last renovation cubical for recovery before going modelled. The existing business building a third medical office build-
major components — a new floor. took away some waiting room area home.” offices on the second floor will be ing. The two existing ones are physi-
rgency room, a new outpatient The expansion and renovation to build two additional ER treatment The second floor of the two-story converted into labor and delivery cian owned and are 100 percent
: gery area and an addition to the plans have been approved by the areas. addition on the west side is an expan- space, making this the sole function occupied. This project would cost
! Il r and delivery area. Renovation Metrocrest Hospital Authority, Marketing director Christine Fitz- sion of the existing labor and deliv- on the second floor. about $45 million and Greene said he
ojects include a new lobby area, a which owns the land and the build- gerald said the quality of service in ery area, currently located on the TMC will have a new “more hotel- anticipates it being physician-owned
solidated business office area and ing. National Medical Enterprises, the ER has not suffered, but patients second floor of the hospital. The ish look in the whole facility. We’ll be also. “I anticipate this coming
edoing the entire hospital’s decor, company which operated TMC, is are moved through in a pressed number of labor and delivery areas spending $9 million dollars in the together quickly,” he said.
The expansion adds a two-story paying for the expansion and renova- fashion. will double to about 14. coming months to give the entire
ructure to the west side of the tion. The new labor and delivery rooms facility a new look,” Greene said. Two locations are being consi-
. ding, currently the rear of the Greene said, “Investing this much The new emergency room will be are to be mostly the traditional type The existing business offices are dered for the medical office building.
ility. “'Today it’s the back, but money in this facility is a real state- twice as large as the existing one and where the woman goes through spread throughout the facility, and One is the original site proposed in
1) the road comes off Hebron ment on behalf of this company of the be located at the northwest corner of labor, delivery and recovery in one the remodelling calls for consolidat- the master plan, between the two
kway, it will become a primary future they see in this facility. It is a the facility, what is now considered room and is taken to a postpartum ing them on the first floor in what is existing office buildings to close in
ess to the hospital,” Greene said, statement to me as administrator the rear. It will have a covered drive room for the remainder of her stay, now the current lobby area. The re- the horseshoe. The second site is is
iexplained the hospital is working and to this community that this com- through area to accommodate pa- Greene said. The move from one modelling calls for a new lobby to be northwest of the proposed addition,
h neighboring property owners pany has confidence in the future of tient drop offs and pick ups in all room to the next will be easy be- built at the southeast corner of the If it is the northwestern site, the
rky Moore and Bum Bright to the area.” types of weather. cause all the rooms are on the same current patient tower. Greene said office building would be a womens
Id a road on the west side to ser- Five years ago when TMC was ‘ The west side will also have a floor. this would improve the hospital’s center concept and house all the ob-
the new addition and other de- built, the emergency room was de- second covered drive through area Greene said, “It’ll be one simple appearance and make it more stetricians and gynecologists, with a
pment in the area. signed to handle 10 to 12 patients a for the new outpatient surgery area, trip down the hall ... My vision of visible. second floor walkway attaching it
he west side will now become a day, Greene said. The ER now This area includes a separate waiting the postpartum room is very hotel- “The initial construction that will directly to the labor and delivery
il point for TMC and improving handles 1,500 patients a month, with area and additional outpatient ish. Once women have delivered, in be visible is the lobby. Dirt should area.
appearance is important because the weekend workload being about surgery suites. The number of out- most cases they are well people. I start moving in about six weeks,” Greene said, “That is being work-
the increased traffic approaching 80 patients a day. patients surgery suites will increase see a TV and VCR in each room.” Greene said. ed out literally as we speak.”
Capital projects
From 1A
Lakeview
From 1A
that the roads need atten-
:tion.
“Street repair is of the most
portance. If you let them slide
costs you more. I would put
hem at the top of the list,” said
Vithers.
Withers said that he would not
ink a multi-purpose civic center
is high as road work — but it is
mething the citizens want.”
“We have some definite things
we need to address as far as
treets," said Councilman Steve
! lazener.
Glazener also feels that land-
ape work and beautification of
he city are important because of
the way they “tie into economic
development.”
“We have to have a nice look-
ing city to attract businesses into
the city,” said Glazener.
Councilman Rick Harris had
not prioritized the list yet.
“I have no major concerns at
this time. I want to sit back and
wait for the full staff presentation.
They have done a good job of put-
ting together a list of the city’s
needs,” said Harris.
Some of the projects can be
done in-house within budgetary
constraints, for others grants can
be sought, said Hall.
“(We’re) going to try to rely on
grants and loans. Bottom line
(we) will have to rely on bond
issues for some of these,” said
Hall.
Debt refinancing is also a pos-
siblity the city could consider.
That is something that must be
approached very cautiously, said
Hall.
“I would personally be against
going out and getting a bond issue
on these,” said Weaver. “I’d vote
against it.”
Mayor Don Amick and Council-
man Joel Marks declined to com-
ment on the capital projects prop-
osals.
Repairs to expansion
From 1A
During opening remarks, principal come out of the stands and stand The advice and opinions of prin-
Ben Swearingen welcomed the visi- next to him on the gym floor. cipals and teachers of the L.I.S.D.
tors to the new school and praised “One school — One community were solicited during the design
the building. — One spirit,” proclaimed phase of the school.
“Welcome to the best school in Swearingen, who then coaxed those The principal and his staff was
the L.I.S.D.,” announced Swearing- in attendance to repeat the theme allowed to look at early blueprints
en. “Today, principals everywhere after him. and have some say in its’ design,
are welcoming their students to the Beginning Aug. 28, the Lakeview One improvement will be the
best school in the district. In reality, building will welcome more than 550 heavy use of interior windows to
I think the truth is on our side.” students, with the largest group provide better viewing and supervi-
The school will house incoming being more than 230 incoming sixth- sion inside the building,
sixth-graders from The Colony and graders. .___. _
North Carrollton, as well as, The school, located on Keys — Swearingen singled out the high-
seventh and eighth-graders who last Drive, is distinguished by a three- visibili yinside the school s locker-
year attended Griffin Middle School story glass arch which splashes sun- u S as ,a sarety feature:
in The Colony and Delay Middle light onto an open area highlighted He said easy viewing by super-
School in Lewisville. by colorful hanging banners and the visors, and the absence of banks of
According to Swearingen, the school’s cafetorium. lockers will help eliminate the inci-
mixing of various schools and diffe- Once the school-year begins, stu- dents of students assualting other
rent communities will not be a prob- dents will move from class to class . , its that occur at other schools
lem at Lakeview. through carpeted hallways of color- strict.
With a floor-to-ceiling mural of the ful tile. The building survived damage
school mascot, a leopard, as a back- According to Swearingen, the from vandals and arsonists during
ground, the former principal at Grif- aesthetics of the building are not the the summer and will be ready for the
fin chose a collection of students to only improvements at Lakeview. beginning of classes next Monday.
N. and S. Paige Blvd., Tur-
ner St. Park. These drainage
t eas are in need of rechanneling
- nd slope-grade work in order to
event flooding, the build-up of
nosquito-infested, stagnant wa-
r and erosion caused by heavy
lownpours.
Irrigation projects for city me-
lians and the library. The installa-
ion of automatic irrigation sys-
tems in the city’s medians will cut
down on manpower required to
' urn these systems on and insure
oper and adequate watering.
Street-related projects on the
t include:
•Lane marking of major streets.
I his project includes the installa-
tion of traffic buttons and/or
tripes on North and South Col-
bny Blvds., Blair Oaks, Taylor
St. and Paige Rd.
■The resurfacing of Witt Rd. The
city will attempt to work with De-
nton County which will provide
the necessary road equipment,
with the city paying for materials.
■Street repair to the major in-
tersections will be examined fol-
lowing the results of a core-
sample survey.
■Street improvements in East-
vale could be implemented in con-
junction with the installation of
sewer pipe .
■Improvement of street lighting.
This project will determine the
need to upgrade from the present
low-intensity, mercury vapor to a
more powerful Halogen-type
system.
■The installation of a signal light
at Paige and S. Colony due to an
increasing traffic flow from Plano
Pkwy.
Projects for the building of new
facilities and the improvement of
existing facilities include:
■Construction of a new animal
shelter to replace the present
facility which the project list call-
s,"too small, poorly located,
ventilated and lighted.”
■Construction of a new multi-
purpose civic center is not in the
planning stages, but would serve
a function in providing space for
senior citizen groups, youth
groups and community functions.
■A city beautification project
would help The Colony attract a
greater economic and population
base.
City council members and city
staff members will use the capital
projects checklist to help priori-
tize the continuation, execution
and deletion of various projects.
911
titles join the district. management system to connect with
Lewisville will be home to the the Lewisville selective router.
selective router, designed to route An agreement between GTE and
calls to the designated PSAP in Southwestern Bell is still needed to
Lewisville, Flower Mound, Highland bring The Colony into the district.
Village, The Colony, Lake Dallas, “As of Tuesday, that was not cap-
Carrollton and the Denton County able with the equipment they pre-
Sheriffs Department. sented,” said Capt. Mike Carroll of
Each PSAP except The Colony The Colony Police Department.
will be directly connected to the rou- Bill Place, a representative for
ter, planned for setup at a GTE GTE Government Systems out of
switchboard. The Colony, outside Tampa, Fla., said his company was
the GTE franchise area, must go all ready to bring a proposal to the
through a Southwestern Bell data district for the equipment.
EACS
From 1A
But Marilyn Milor, executive
director of the district, said GTE
must still negotiate and establish the
911 system with ‘five other phone
companies (such as Centel and Lake
Dallas) in the county for full imple-
mentation.
GTE represents only 85 percent
of the total package, according to
Milor.
“We need the whole picture,” she
said. “We need to know what it will
cost us,” after all five companies are
involved.
From 1A
Athletics
From 1A
scribed to the one-way, out-bound
system, which was not offered to
businesses, said Howard.
King agreed with Howard in fact,
if not entirely in perspective.
“ECC was an alternative that was
■ ied to make it so each sport could at Lewisville High School to a high of the Marauders. a trial. The Colony is the only area in
d the kids three times.” $212 per drillteamer at The Colony The Astro Turf at Goldsmith Sta- the state that had it. ECC is one-
Wilson said the budget for meals High School. dium at LHS was funded through a way, it is measured. EACS is two-
uld probably be cut altogether in The district’s three high schools public bond election, McCrary said, way and it is at a flat rate,” said King,
irs to come. He said meals gener- are receiving an average of $121,000 Taxpayers initially voted 10-1 in Howard feels that the public will
■ ly cost $4.50 per student per meal, for athletics, according to figures favor of a $4 million athletic complex,
Although almost 30 percent of the from Wilson. With the exception of LISD Superintendent Clayton
hletic department’s budget is Lakeview Middle School in The Col- Downing said,
ent on football, high school football ony, the middle schools are receiv- — . a
: -Sts the district less per participant ingan average of $12,400. Lakeview hescomplen would brave cost
an baseball, golf, swimming and is receiving $24,000 because the morelika so million insta 1 the school
olleyball. school is just opening and must have officials decided to install the Astro
A high of 482 students played high more new equipment, Wilson said. Turf at Go dsmith Stadium ins ea .
hool football in 1988-89, according Except for Lakeview, all the DownS sar.
the district’s extracurricular re- secondary schools have slightly Wilson said that before the Astro
rts, compared to 54 baseball play, smaller athletic budgets this year. Turf was installed only 12 football
■ rs and 48 golfers. Baseball, the Wilson said, games, 20 co^d be h^d at the sta
■ nost expensive sport per athlete, The athletic department has not track meet could be held at the sta-
osts the district about $390 per had any capital outlays in two years, quum during a year.
athlete compared to football’s $210. Wilson said. Wilson said he expects 75 football
rolf costs about $330 per athlete. “The booster clubs have really games and 45 soccer games to be
Wilson said the baseball expenses helped us on our capital outlay,” he played on the turf this fall. In addi-
ire so high per student because only said, tion, the stadium will play host to
■ 17 or 18 athletes can play on a team. several band contests and five track
olf expenses are high because the Wilson said the booster clubs pro- meets, he said.
li strict has to pay to use the golf vide the schools with weight room Money from concession stands
courses, equipment. Recently, the LHS will pay for the replacement of the
Other co-curricular activities like booster club bought video equip- turf in nine to 10 years, Wilson said,
cheerleading and drill team cost be- ment for its team, and the Marcus “It won’t be taxpayer money,” he
• tween a low of $40 per cheerleader booster club bought a computer for said.
was reflected in the choice made. the phone company. The bottom line
“The vast number of people is we couldn’t have both,” said Ho-
whose phone bill runs from $50 to ward.
$100 and more a month spoke out King and Howard are in agree-
plainly that they wanted EACS ser- ment on the value of the EACS ser-
vice. That demand caused the com- vice to the area.
mittee to be placed in the position of . . .
making a choice: continue ECC with- There is no question in my mind
out EAS or having EAS without that EACS is the best that could
ECC have happened to The Colony, said
“It was part of the package from King.
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