DEPARTMENT: San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Thomas L. Schlenker
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3
SUBJECT:
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District Lease Agreement with State of Texas Department of State Health Services for up to 5,000 square feet of clinic space located at 2303 SE Military Drive.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the negotiation and execution of a lease with the State of Texas Department of State Health Services and the City of San Antonio for use by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) of up to 5,000 square feet of property located at 2303 SE Military Drive in Council District 3 for a twenty-year term, effective upon completion of required building improvements at the annual rental amount of $1.00 plus operating expenses. The estimated $200,000.00 cost of renovation is funded by utilizing dollars presently appropriated in the FY 2014 Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Since 1997, through SAMHD's Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program the City provides clinical and health prevention services from a leased facility at 814 McCullough Street. The TB Control Program, funded primarily through grants from the Texas Department of Health, provides clinical facilities for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis, and has an active therapy staff that delivers daily doses of prescribed TB medications to patients. In an effort to enhance service delivery to constituents with TB needs or populations susceptible to TB, SAMHD has been pursing alternative methods of reaching out to the community most in need of these services. Those efforts have indicated that a clinic located in the south east quadrant of San Antonio would be more suitable for this program. The subject facility is located at the State operated Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) and the State has offered the property to the City at a reduced rental with the City only responsible for reimbursing...
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