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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
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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:
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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.