Via City of Flagstaff
By Adrian SAZ Daily Star
Not good enough. That was the message from the Planning and Zoning Commission to Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) this week as the proposed new hospital project was sent to Flagstaff City Council with a recommendation for denial.
The commission was mixed in its decision, with two members voting in support of the project and some expressing ambivalence toward the vote entirely. In the end, commissioners cited concerns over sustainability and infrastructure funding as reasons for the call.
In recent weeks, the already controversial project has seen pushback by community groups including Friends of Flagstaff’s Future (F3) over issues of carbon neutrality.
F3 Executive Director Michele James said she and others feel that while NAH has paid lip service to making the project carbon neutral, there is no clear plan or date by which they mean to achieve this.
