h1. ProMedica and Toledo notes - Jan 22, 2015

bq. _"Count me as one who thought it smelled funny ..."_

That's understandable, or maybe I'm confused by the arithmetic.

On Feb 4, 2014, news "broke":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/170875/Promedica_Moving_700_Employees_Downtown_Toledo  about ProMedica's downtown Toledo plan. At that time, Randy Oostra, ProMedica president and chief executive officer, said that he envisioned an *underground* parking structure, and ProMedica expected *700* employees would be moved to the downtown location.

The "Jan 5, 2015 Memorandum of Understanding":http://ftpcontent4.worldnow.com/wtol/pdf/MOUProMedicaDowntown.pdf (pdf file)  between ProMedica and Toledo said that *800* employees would be moved to the downtown location, and an *above-ground* parking structure would be needed.

On Jan 6, 2015, Toledo City Council held a public meeting to discuss the Jan 5, 2015 MOU. At this meeting, Robin Whitney, ProMedica’s vice president of property acquisition and development, "said":https://twitter.com/IgnazioMessina/status/552537427848749056 that up to *1,000* employees could be moved downtown. Obviously, that employee number disagreed with the MOU.

I have no idea if MOUs need to be accurate. Maybe an MOU is simply a vague outline.

On Jan 8, 2015, Randy Oostra, ProMedica’s CEO, "said":http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2015/01/08/ProMedica-CEO-says-firm-could-move-2-500-jobs-to-downtown-Toledo.html that up to *2,500* employees could be moved to the downtown location.

Has ProMedica said why or how the number mushroomed from 800 on Jan 5 to 2,500 on Jan 8? 

Changing the number from 700 to 800 over 11 months is no big deal. But a 1,700 increase over three days seems puzzling.

The 2,500 approximation has remained as of this week. It has not increased to 100,000.

On Jan 20, 2015, Toledo City Council "voted":http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2015/01/20/City-Council-votes-11-1-to-authorize-memorandum-of-understanding-with-ProMedica.html to  "authorize a memorandum of understanding" with ProMedica.

What MOU did Toleco City Council approve?

The most recent MOU that I can find is listed on the front page of the "City of Toledo website.":http://toledo.oh.gov/ A summary is also posted.

The most recent MOU is dated Jan 14, 2015. Does a more up-to-date MOU exist?

The Jan 14, 2015 MOU states the following information: