HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 7592 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7592
'A"'Pr(ft, March 17, 1992
14 if ft), To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
X Subject: Use of Property Owned by Fort Worth Independent School
1271 District as Site for Community Health Clinic
Diamond Hill Community Health Clinic, Inc. , is a not-for-profit
corporation established to provide a neighborhood health clinic
to service the Diamond Hill Target Area. A total of $400 ,000 was
approved in the year XVI Community Development Block Grant budget
for a community facility in the Diamond Hill area. These funds
are to be used to either rehabilitate and renovate an existing
building or construct a new facility. Phase I funding, approved
by City Council November 19, 1991, was for architectural services
and included the identification of a site in the scope of work.
City staff members, representatives of the Diamond Hill Community
Health Clinic, Inc. and the Fort Worth Independent School
District have discussed locating the Diamond Hill Community
Health Clinic, Inc. 's health care clinic immediately south of the
Diamond Hill Jarvis Library at the southwest corner of the
Diamond Hill High School campus . This property is ideally
located for use as a clinic site:
It is near the center of the population in the primary
service area of the clinic.
It is close to other public facilities (schools,
library, recreation center) .
It is on a bus line.
It is near other shopping areas serving the community.
The School Board has informally considered this use for the
property and believes that a clinic at this location would be
desirable for both the School District and the community. The
members of the Board have indicated that a formal request by the
City of Fort Worth for the use of the property as a clinic would
be favorably considered. The grant of use would be from the
School District to the City. The City would then lease the land
to Diamond Hill Health Clinic, Inc. for construction of the
building.
If members of the City Council concur with this concept , the
staff will work with the Diamond Hill community representatives
and the School District to prepare the necessary documents to
allow the City to use the property for a public health clinic and
to lease the property to the Diamond Hill Community Health
Clinic, Inc. for construction of the building.
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XD I RY
CITY MANAGER
-ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS