49-15 City, LHA, Cleveland Clinic Master Agreement

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Placed on first reading and referred to Committee of the Whole Dec. 7, 2015; second reading Dec. 14, 2015. Please substitute for the original. ORDINANCE N0.49 -15 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing the execution and delivery of an agreement by and between the City of Lakewood, Ohio, a municipal corporation and political subdivision in and of the State of Ohio (the "City'), the Lakewood Hospital Association, an Ohio nonprofit corporation ( "LHA "), and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit corporation (the "Clinic" )• and authorizing and approving related matters. WHEREAS, this Council recognizes that healthcare delivery is moving away from a hospital -based model focused on "sick care" to a population -based model of comprehensive healthcare; and WHEREAS, consistent with this understanding, the City, LHA and the Clinic have a shared vision to invest in comprehensive ambulatory (outpatient) -based programs, wellness activities and outreach services that will help people live healthier lives and treat health conditions early so as to prevent chronic disease, with the primary focus of these investments being a new family health center owned and operated by the Clinic and a new community health foundation; and WHEREAS, after an extensive period of due diligence and public input, this Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the residents and taxpayers of the City that a master agreement between the City, LHA and the Clinic be entered into, in substantially the same form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 ( "Master Agreement "), as approved by the Director of Law, and in the spirit of the key highlights of the Master Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2, in order to carry out this shared vision; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Ohio Revised Code and the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality, and to provide for local self - government; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the parties wish to effectuate the terms of the Master Agreement immediately in order to preserve the assets of and maximize the benefits to the parties; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: