HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1971.06.17 - 16142June 17 , 7971
RESOLUTION NO, 5T.:-1
RE: HEALTH DEPARTMENT DPSIGNATEn
AGENT FOR PUINNING GRANT
BY MR. JOSEPH L. BARAKAT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOAM or COMNIS51.0N12,RS
MR. CHATRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
WHEREAS, the Werld Health. Organization has declared that
"Ilalth is a state of coop 1ct phys cal MrIAECA. and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or lnfimity", ancl it
is today nationally accepted that medical care is a right and not
a privilege; and
V,THIYA,S, the on platted "Royal Oak. Township", in the
southeastern part of Oakland. County, of aprex -imaiely thirty-eiollt
square miles, bounded by Baseline to Fourteen Mile Poad (except
for a portion of the City of Clawson) and Dequindre to Greenfield,
comprising the edties ofBerkley, Clawson, Perndale, Hazel Park,
Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal
Oak and Township of Royal Oak, and inhabiled by 274,580 residents
or 30.2% of total oaunty population, represents a compact. commuflitY
with a population density more than six and a half times that of
the average for the County, and has been characterized bya rapid
growth of manufacturing and light industry, bv an inadequate public
transportation system and by an unusual. sire and combination of
"target" or at -risk groups with special and differing 'medical needs,
such a;; the low inco m e black residents in Royal Oak Towns hip , the
Young families in rap:;div-qrewinq C] moron and Madison fleichts and
the :large senior citizen population of Ferndale and Royal. Oak: and
The rlarainal location of the two hospitals, William
WU:EP -FAS, the special health needs of this community have been
identified by the residents thesolves as a lack of sufficient pr
natal, maternal and Child and family-based care, of preventive and
ambulatory services, of services for alco holism and drug abuse and
addiction and of health facilities for senior citizens, and have
been described as beinq adequately met, al." as a result of:
Beaumont and Martin Place Fast at northwest and southeast edges,
respectively, of .the coamunity;
2. The concentration of ail four hospitals on inpatient
treatment facilities, to the detriment of many nreventive or am-
bulatory ser v ices;
3. The unusually high degr e e of specialization of area
physicans and the correspon.di nc reduction in general practitioners;
4. The clusterinq of the bulk of physicians in hospital or
professional build .
5. The absence of a satellite Health Center; the nearest
being South Cab] and at Greenfield and Catalpa;
6. The insufficiency of public transportation from west of
Woodward to the Health Center; and
WHER:EAS, rho above-mentioned jun ;d Ic ti ens have in the past
establishdd a pLec.d.cilt for the solution of their mutual problems
through civic cooperation, which today extends to these areas
water supply, sewage disposal, pollution control,
solid waste disposal, police coflt -rol, fire protection, and others;
and
common interest
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Peahth authorities ii . and out of the present Admini-
stration have endorsed and encouraged the devc]opment of the concept
of the Health Hn.ntenanco Or (1i0) as one of the most
feasible methods of providing a medical and health facility to
meet present and future needs of all types of general and special
populations, by making possible the delivery of effective compre-
hensive, preventive, family-based, ambulatory ,ledical services in
a manner agreeabio and acceptable to consners and professionals,
through group practice arrangements responsibly administered and
funded, all with emphasis on the creation of local and innovative
• plans; and
WHEREAS, Federal funds in amounts of $30,000 to $50,000 are
available as planning grants to design local Health Maintenance
Organizations; and
WHEREAS, Oakland. County Department of Health has extensive
knowledge and' experience and has performed prior studies in this
area, and has consulted and intends to consult further w5th members
of the Staff of the University of Michigan. School of Public Health
and plans to confer with representative professional and consumer
groups, such as County Medical Society, Hospital Planning Council,
Comprehensive Health PTannng Council, State DeDartment of Social
Services, State Department of Health and others.
NOW THEREFORE DE IT RESOLVED that this Board of Commissioners
designates the Oakland County Department of Health as the appropriate
agency to develop a program for the 101) planning grant, and urge the
Department to continuo its public-spirited efforts.
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BE IT FURTHEI-Z PFSOLVED that the Board of Commissioners supports
in princjple and refers to th Health Committee for review and de-
' liberation. the matter of submitting a plann7inq grant proposal to
Director Social Security and 7ohal,i]jtation, DeDartment of HEW, on
behalf of a consortium. of the above-moritioncri ton jurisdictions 5n
southeastern Oakland County.
CHAIR7,IAN, I Triove Inc adoption. of the fore(7,-)5n9 resolution,
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