FY2010-18 Approving Submission Of An Application To The State Of Alaska Community Development Block Grant Program For The Funding Of Replacing The Long Term Care Facility In Kodiak1 Introduced by: Manager Gifford
2 Requested by: Manager Gifford
3 Drafted by: Grant Writer
Christiansen
4 Introduced on: 11/05/2009
5 Adopted on: 118/05/2009
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7 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
8 RESOLUTION NO. FY2010 -18
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10 A RESOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH APPROVING
11 SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF ALASKA COMMUNITY
12 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR THE PLANNING
13 OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY IN KODIAK
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15 WHEREAS, the Care Center serves frail elderly and impaired adult patients and is the only
16 long term care facility in the Kodiak region, and
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18 WHEREAS, the 19 bed facility, located in a hospital wing that was not designed to be a long
19 term care facility, is presenting space and safety concerns directly affecting quality of life of each
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22 WHEREAS, the 2008 Kodiak Island Community Health Assessment documents a community
23 need for the replacement of the long term care center, and
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25 WHEREAS, a new long term care facility is a high priority community project included in the
26 2009 Kodiak Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and the Kodiak Island
27 Borough's Capital Improvement Priority Lists submitted to our state legislators and federal
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30 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is eligible to apply for a grant from the State of Alaska
31 Community Development Block Grant Program for community development activities including
32 community development projects, planning projects or special economic development projects
33 that benefit low and moderate income persons in our community.
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35 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is an applicant for a grant not to exceed the amount of
36 $850,000 from the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
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39 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND
40 BOROUGH that an application be submitted to the State of Alaska Community Development
41 Block Grant Program to obtain funding for the planning of the replacement of the long term care
42 facility in Kodiak.
43 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Borough Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute
44 any and all documents required for granting and managing funds on behalf of the Kodiak Island
45 Borough.
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Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2010 -18
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48 ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
49 THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2009
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57 ATTEST: Je me M. Selby, Bor
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61 Nova M. Javier, M C, Borough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2010 -18
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