Title
Katie Blessing Center
Action
Action:
A. Approve a $2,500,000 allocation from fiscal year 2025 Pay-As-You-Go in support of the Katie Blessing Center's overall capital campaign to develop a pediatric behavioral health care facility, and
B. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to negotiate, execute, and amend any necessary contracts and agreements to complete the transaction.
Body
Committee Chair:
Victoria Watlington, Housing, Safety and Community Committee
Staff Resource(s):
Shawn Heath, City Manager's Office
Explanation
* Katie Blessing Foundation, the non-profit division of StarMed Healthcare, seeks to eliminate barriers to health care access and ensure equitable access to communities with persistent health disparities.
* The Foundation has committed $20 million to develop an approximately 70,000 square foot pediatric and behavioral health care center in east Charlotte called the Katie Blessing Center (Center) and is currently undertaking a capital campaign seeking public and private funding commitments for the remaining development costs; the estimated total project cost is $63 million.
* The Center will be North Carolina's largest and most advanced pediatric health care facility, offering a full continuity of services on one campus. Services will focus on the whole child and include:
* Behavioral health urgent care;
* Acute inpatient hospital;
* Residential treatment facility; and
* Traditional outpatient care, including telehealth and family intervention to support thoughtful transitional care and reduce re-admissions.
* The Center will be located in the Central Avenue/Albemarle Road Corridor of Opportunity on approximately 3.89 acres at 5516 Central Avenue (parcel identification number 103-021-02) (Property) in Council District 5.
* The city's $2.5 million funding allocation will be released contingent upon receipt of a construction permit.
Background
* On January 23, 2023, City Council approved the market-rate sale of the Property for...
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