04-12-04 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 12, 2004 WHEREAS, the latest available information list the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend Campus as having 303 beds; and medical services which include emergency/trauma, heart, cancer, rehabilitation,pediatrics,kidney dialysis, orthopedic, critical care, and OB/GYN; and WHEREAS, the 3,178 jobs at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center makes it the 4th largest employer in St. Joseph County; and WHEREAS, currently there are 2,080 full-time jobs and 576 part-time jobs at the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, with an additional 522 "as needed"positions; and WHEREAS, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center currently has 802 registered nurses; with a total of 120 on-staff medical physicians and residents; and WHEREAS, the Common Council has learned that a new team of senior managers and a reconstructed Board of Trustees at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center will be discussing its plans to construct a new hospital and medical campus outside of the City of South Bend which were announced on April 3, 2002; WHEREAS, the Common Council notes that Nancy R. Hellyer was named the Chief Executive Officer of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center last Fall; and that Sharon Kendall will become the Executive Director of the City of South Bend's Department of Community and Economic Development on May 1, 2004; and WHEREAS, the Common Council notes that one-half(%2) of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center's 14-member Board of Trustees are new, and that the Board has been reduced from a 22 member Board to a 14 member Board; WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council has two (2) new Council Members effective January 1, 2004; one of whom is the 4th District Council Member who represents the District where Saint Joseph Medical Center is located; and WHEREAS, the Council notes that Mayor Stephen J. Luecke has met with Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center's CEO Nancy R. Hellyer and offered to provide assistance in helping them make needed facility improvements at the South Bend campus; and WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council acknowledges that on November 24, 2003, it adopted Resolution No. 3271-03 and that on December 19, 2003, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission adopted Resolution No. 2021, both of which designated the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area which specifically includes the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center as a Redevelopment Sub-Area which will provide opportunities for the master planning of traffic circulation, infrastructure upgrades and the development and redevelopment of open space planning, landscaping and site design controls; WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission is currently in the process of establishing an"East Bank Village Master Plan"which includes the St. Joseph Medical Center and its campus of 37 acres consisting of nine (9)buildings totaling approximately 800,000 square feet as a prominent institution and of South Bend's "economic drivers"which is located within this area of the City of South Bend; WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council believes that it is imperative for meetings I/ to commence immediately between the top administrative officials of the Medical Center and the City of South Bend, the Medical Center's Board of Trustees', and the South Bend Common Council to explore opportunities and incentives to keep and revitalize the South Bend campus of the Saint Joseph Medical Center. -14-