DATE: July 5, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Fire Chief
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the City of Hayward and Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC) for a Lease to Operate the Firehouse Clinic (FHC) and to Appropriate the Rent from TVHC to CIP Project FD010 for Building Maintenance, Upgrades, and Improvements in Service Delivery
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC) for a lease to operate the Firehouse Clinic (FHC) and to appropriate the rent from TVHC to CIP Project FD010 for building maintenance, upgrades, improvements in service delivery as needed.
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SUMMARY
In 2015, the City of Hayward entered into a partnership, via the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center (TVHC) to operate the Firehouse Clinic located at 28300 Huntwood Avenue in South Hayward and adjacent to Fire Station 7.
TVHC was initially chosen as a partner in the FHC due to its status as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). This unique status includes Medicare patient service delivery and allows the FQHC the opportunity to seek and obtain full cost-recovery. Since the Firehouse Clinic's inception, TVHC has operated as a self-sustaining organization by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate medical, dental, and behavioral health services to under-insured residents.
TVHC has proven to be an exceptional and irreplaceable partner. The City intends to expand the partnership with TVHC to include Hayward's new HEART program to improve overall population health by focusing on the integrated whole-person healthcare model.
The MOU executed between the City of Hayward and TVHC ended in 2019 and as such, the Hayward Fire Department is seeking to re-enter into a similar agreement with TVHC, for a five-year period with an option to review both parties’ obligations under the agreement on an annual basis. The resolution (Attachment II) includes appropriating past and future revenue collected via monthly rent payments to maintain the property and make necessary upgrades to the clinic to expand or improve service delivery.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution