DEPARTMENT: Center City Development & Operations
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Jacks
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 7
SUBJECT:
SAMHD WIC Clinic Lease Agreement
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing a lease agreement with Omninet Three GP, LLCfor approximately 5,611 square feet of office space, located at 4606 Centerview Drive, for use by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) as a Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Clinic.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City's eleven WIC Clinics have successfully serviced the community since 1978 providing non-emergency Special Supplemental Nutrition Programs for women, infants, and children. Services provided at WIC include food benefits, nutrition education and counseling, and health care referrals at no cost to individuals that qualify.
Currently, the Northwest WIC Clinic, in District 7, is located in 9,912 square feet of space at 5055 Popping Drive. The last five years have shown a decline in WIC participation in San Antonio as well as across the state, and as a result the need for larger facilities is no longer necessary. The proposed location at 4606 Centerview Drive will better accommodate WIC services going forward, as WIC will implement a new processing system in 2017 that will change how the program operates and utilizes its' WIC clinics. Additionally, the close proximity of the proposed new location to the SAMHD's Baby Caf? will allow for improved comprehensive breastfeeding care for new mothers who will have access to WIC peer counselors and to Baby Caf? lactation consultants.
This action will relocate the Popping Drive WIC Clinic to 4606 Centerview Drive, which meets the program requirements, is located in the same general area as the current clinic and has a bus stop nearby.
ISSUE:
As a result of the decline in WIC participation and upcoming process modifications, the current location of the Northwest WIC clinic is no longer cost effective. The proposed new location will operate more efficiently...
Click here for full text