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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes2015-062 rj 1t a .x Sponsored by: Hunt CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA RESOLUTION 2015-062 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEWARD, ALASKA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION 2015-029, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE SEWARD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER TO APPLY FOR A 2015 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT, AND RESCINDING SECTION 1. OF RESOLUTION 2015-047, WHICH DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION BY AUGUST 10, 2015 TO FORMALLY AUTHORIZE THE SEWARD COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER'S APPLICATION PROCESS WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE'S HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION WHEREAS, the City Council has held work sessions with the public and with representatives from Providence Seward Medical and Care Center (PSMCC), Seward Community Health Center (SCHC) to consider ways to improve or expand health care services in the Seward area; and WHEREAS, the current City-owned shared use medical facility space is fully utilized, and adding or significantly expanding services would require, at minimum, a costly plant renovation or expansion; and WHEREAS, discussion of potential funding sources for expansion projects has to date focused on the current open application period for a US Department of Health and Human Services' Health Infrastructure Improvement Program(HIIP) grant; and WHEREAS, at its April 13, 2015 regular meeting the Council passed and approved Resolution 2015-029, authorizing the SCHC to prepare and submit the grant application on its behalf for up to one million dollars ($1,000,000), and contingent upon the grant being awarded, committing the City to moving forward with the proposed project and providing any additional funds necessary to complete the project, all of which are conditions of the grant application; and WHEREAS, at its May 26, 2015 regular meeting, the Council passed and approved Resolution 2015-047, affirming that the City Council must authorize the SCHC's 2015 US Department of Health and Human Services Health Infrastructure Improvement Program grant application; and WHEREAS, Section 1 of Resolution 2015-047 directed the City Manager to bring forward a resolution by August 10, 2015 to formally authorize the SCHC's application process CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA RESOLUTION 2015-062 with US Department of Health and Human Services Health Infrastructure Improvement Program grant application; and WHEREAS, through further work sessions and information gained as the parties proceeded with the application, it became more apparent that the scope of the project and its potential impact over the long term required a more comprehensive investigative and public process that could be accomplished within the grant application time frame; and WHEREAS, as a result of this process the parties and the public now have more information with which to continue local health care planning, cost, and implementation options for the future; and WHEREAS, the City will soon begin a periodic review of the Comprehensive Plan, and a health care focus will be included in that process. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA that: Section 1. Resolution 2015-029, authorizing the Seward Community Health Center to apply for a 2015 US Department of Health and Human Services' Health Infrastructure Improvement Program grant, and Section 1 of Resolution 2015-047, directing the City Manager to bring forward a resolution by August 10, 2015 to formally authorize the Seward Community Health Center's application process with the US Department of Health and Social Service's Health Infrastructure Improvement Program grant application, are hereby rescinded. Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 27th day of July, 2015. THE CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA can Bardarson,Mayor AYES: Squires, Casagranda, Terry, Butts, Darling, Keil, Bardarson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None reielA CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA RESOLUTION 2015-062 ATTEST: II .401/ ohanna Kiy, CMC • ity Clerk (City Seal) 0,057 01.6- v tt" `ZY 0 0. 2 SF T ; ra „ aft' 144 Alp *ZP° 4 4a4,ft OF p.s 9, Agenda Statement e of Meeting Date: July 27, 2015 0( 4'0 To: City Council _41t `P cASL Through: Jim Hunt, City Manager From: Ron Long, Assistant City Manager Agenda Item: Rescind Resolution 2015-029 and Section 1 of Resolution 2015-047, SCHC grant application BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION: The City continues to explore ways to improve or increase delivery of health care services with partners Seward Community Health Center (SCHC) and Providence Seward Medical and Care Center(PSMCC). Further significant growth in demand or additions of new services will require more space than is available at the current shared use facility owned by the City. SCHC and PSMCC have collaborated on plant expansion options, and with input from the City have pursued some to the concept design and preliminary cost estimate stage. In considering ways to finance a project, a US Department of Health and Social Services grant program presented an opportunity for partial funding, and Council authorized the SCHC to proceed with developing the grant application package by approving Resolutions 2015-029 and 2015-047. Through that process and as more questions were raised on how this project has the potential to shape or influence health care as a whole in Seward far into the future, it indicated that a more comprehensive public process was in order than what could be undertaken within the time allowed by the grant application deadline. Committing to the project without opportunity to fully explore its impacts on health care delivery and availability in Seward, and without a fully developed project budget is not in the public interest. Rescinding the Resolution and Section cited above removes Council's authorization for this grant application. The Seward Comprehensive Plan will be updated in the following months, and provides a venue and a process for the community to establish their vision for the future. The Plan will include a segment or group focusing on health care, and result in a long range policy document adopted by the City Council and provide a frame work for health care decision making. CONSISTENCY WITH CITY PLANS Yes No N/A 1. Comprehensive Plan X 2. Strategic Plan X 3. Other X INTENT: Rescind Resolution 2015-029 and Section 1 of Resolution 2015-047. FISCAL NOTE: None. • Approved by Finance Department: ha& 4A,Gbil---) . ATTORNEY REVIEW: Yes No X Not Applicable X RECOMMENDATION: fe'''oktrb -∎` ?A ‘5-OW_ Administration recommends Council rescind Resolution 2015-029 and Section 1 of Resolution 2015-047,authorizing SCHC's US Department of Health and Social Services grant application.