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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/23/1997 BAKERSFIELD Randy Rowles, Chair ~ ~..n~ o~1 oY,reCsi ~ I~: ~ Irma Carson · Kevin McDermott AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT SPECIAL MEETING BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Tuesday, September 23, 1997 12:15 p.m. City Manager's Conference Room 1. ROLL CALL Call to Order at 12:25 p.m. Present: Councilmembers: Irma Carson and Kevin McDermott Absent: Councilmember Randy Rowles, Chair 2. APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 11, 1997 MINUTES Approved as submitted. 3. PRESENTATIONS None 4. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None 5. DEFERRED BUSINESS None 6. NEW BUSINESS A. ROSEWOOD RETIREMENT FACILITY REFINANCING The City Attorney gave a brief overview of the request from American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW) for assistance in the refinancing of their locally APP.OV~) ~S S[rBt~l~:]) I)~.Cl~[B~. 8, , 997 FILl COPY AGENDA SUMMARY REPORT BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Tuesday, September 23, 1997 Page -2- owned facility, Rosewood. The refinancing will be accomplished with a loan from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Finance Authority which intends to issue certificates of participation and will use the proceeds for eight ABHOW facilities including Rosewood. Federal tax law requires the City hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution before the COPs can be issued. The Committee was concerned about the requirement that we join ABAG as an associate member. Staff indicated that as an associate member of the ABAG Financing Authority we pay no fees, have no responsibilities or rights and assume no liability. The Committee also asked if ABHOW would be charged the standard fee of 2/10 of 1% or $10,000 whichever is more. Staff indicated that they would be paying the fee to cover the City's costs for involvement. The Committee unanimously recommended the item to the Council for approval with Committee Chair Randy Rowles absent. B. CLINICA SIERRA VISTA PROJECT The previously approved CDBG project for a proposed Clinica Sierra Vista facility located on California Avenue has undergone some changes due to newly identified medical service needs in the area. Staff reported that the original project provided funding for a facility housing several social service functions and outreach programs. However, the area has recently been identified as a medically underserved area and Clinica Sierra Vista would like to change the focus to an urgent care facility with contracts with Medicaid and insurance providers for after-hour care and emergency services. The Committee asked questions about the impact of the facility on the service area, the other Clinica facilities and on private healthcare providers. Clinica representatives indicated that the area is in need of such a facility and that it will work in cooperation with private providers to provide urgent care facilities for their members in that area. The facility will differ from Clinica's other facilities because it will not provide chronic care and scheduled visits. Currently the area is not served by an urgent care provider. HUD has no objection with the change in planned services for the project since both the original and proposed projects are health care facilities. The Committee unanimously recommended approval of the item to the City Council, with Committee Chair Randy Rowles absent. This item will be place on the October 8, 1997 Council agenda. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m. cc: Honorable Mayor and City Council DBT:jp