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1 <br />1 <br />COUNCIL MEETING <br />OCTOBER 11, 1994 <br />$200,000.00 to $500,000.00. However, there is no guarantee of <br />the rebate now or in the future. <br />The City of Forest Lake has rezoned the hospital campus to <br />Hospital only. This action means that there will be more items <br />to negotiate with Fairview. <br />A new $22,900,000.00 regional hospital facility is planned for <br />the I35 corridor near the City of Wyoming. The actual site has <br />not been selected. The 29 bed facility should be in operation by <br />1997. <br />DMH will be open and operating until the new facility is <br />operational. After that time the future of DMH is uncertain. <br />Fairview will absorb DMH debts and assets including equipment and <br />do everything, health related, that is currently being done at <br />DMH and more. It will not be feasible to keep DMH open and <br />operating once the new facility is completed. <br />The draft contract has not been completed in the areas of <br />employees and zoning. The ambulance issue is unsettled and <br />Fairview does not have ambulance service. <br />A regional board will be appointed with representatives from each <br />of the six (6) districts with each district comprised of three <br />(3) communities. There will also be two representatives from <br />Fairview Hospital and a physician on the board. The regional <br />board will make recommendations for a hospital site and future <br />use of existing facilities. The board will be kept informed and <br />provide input in preparation for developing a regionally focused <br />operating board. <br />If construction of the new facility is not started by 1997, the <br />entire contract is void and DMH will be returned to the present <br />board in the condition it was received. <br />The DMH and Chisago employees may apply for positions in the new <br />facility. <br />Council Member Neal asked if the communities who now pay a <br />hospital tax will be required to continue paying this tax. Mrs. <br />Rosengren said no, this tax is used primarily for support of the <br />ambulance service. <br />Council Member Kuether asked why the City of Forest Lake rezoned <br />the DMH property hospital only. Mrs. Rosengren said she did not <br />know. Council Member Kuether asked if anyone at this City was <br />notified of the rezoning process. Mayor Reinert said he did not <br />know if they were required to notify this City. <br />PAGE 2 <br />131 <br />