HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1993-90SUGGESTED BY=
City Counci!
City of Kenai
RBSO&I~IoN XO. ~3-S0
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL
SUPPORTING _ OF THE CI
F THE EFFORTs OF TH TY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
UNDING FOR C E EENAI HEAL CENTER TO OBTAIN
ONSTRUCTION OF TM
LARGER FACILITY. A NEW FACILITY OR RENOVATION
WHEREAS, the City of Kenai has housed the Kenai H
Public ~ealth Nurses in various city ..~-~___ earth Center
since 1969; and, ~ b~'~-~s or city prOPerty
WHEREAS,.the Kenai Health C .
~.X?na} ~ity Hail base,e.~n~r' s½nce 1980, has bee- '
-~u (no~ include-~ --- ._ ~ area o~ ap roxt .,-~usea in
--..w u.e nallwa wa P _-atel~ 1,O00 s ar
Y iting area)~ and, qu e
WHEREAs, in that 1,000 square feet, the Kenai Health Cen
e-Ploys eight persons (which w te
three months i ill increase .
health aid~ )~.._~l~ding six nurses o~__to ten ~ithln the
-, .,~-~e Hand er , --~ue suppor~ co
numerous vo~.,~ .... g (for Kenai ~ ..... ~ _ , mmunit¥
. *-..~=~rs; and, , ~wara an~ Ho,er), and-
WHEREAS, when first housed in Kenat City Hall, the Kena
Center provided Medicaid Sc
Kenai area -- t _ ~e.ening for 300 i Health
he n ber .ow -as
WHERF2i_S, the Ke--~ u..,~, _ . --- -~ ~uu chtldren;..aiid.,
· .-~ ..-a&=n cen:er now provides -or
;~er~v~;n ~n~i~i~I~IDS screening, consu,---~-~°mP
a -''~ zn~erventt ---~z~n and
am to decreasing child abuse aa~~9_~e~nant.wo-en With an
have grown in t~es and n ..~w~u=, l~unlzations which
~,000 a year. =- 4- .... ~ers, ,ow a~i, s
c , -" ~.,v=~ase ~ro i tering approximately
enter first moved ~-*- ~=,_ m approximately 1.00
-..~ ~- a~...~ . 0 when the
Prefabs re a ' nat ~ealth C ..
~ u~rvlcal a~d breast · ~.. ~vou pressure), etc..
}} .pia ning progra --, _can?er services, in '
===aia=e th= ~ ..... - ..~d on Sa=..-~ .... . -' crease
~~S, because o~ limited space in the Ctt~ Hail building,
these Pr~rams cannot be expanded~ and,
~~s, if a larger ~acility is made available to the
Health Center, the programs
=ore_~mployees an _~_menttoned a~ve w _ ena~
facil d more persons tll be e
ity ts closer to _ Parttctpattn .
other State offices. ,~ ~{ }h~ larger
Resolution No. 93-90
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Family & Youth Services (DFYS), Public Assistance, etc., bette
coordination of services and better access to the services'.by'the'
citizens of the area will be available, offering a "one stop"
shopping"~ and, '
WHEREAS, all the services mentioned above are essential to the..'.'
citizens of the Kenai Peninsula and ~he Kenai community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.
KENAI, ALASKA, to support the efforts of the Kenai HealthCenter"'
in obtaining funding for construction of a new facility or.
renovation of a larger facility in order to better provide
services to the citizens of the Kenai Peninsula.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
forwarded to Theodore A. Mala, Commissioner of Health and Social.
Services~ Senators Little and Salo~ Representatives Navarre,
Davis and Phillips~ Sid LaMonica, Division of General Services~
and Barry Jackson, Contract Manager, Division of General
Services.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI,
day of December, 1993.
ALASKA, this first
ATTEST:
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