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ASSICNEO TO COUNCILOR SARL FEBRUARY 24,1992
CITY OF BANGOR 92-126
(TITLE) FroalUee........supports+&..Easter2 Maine yAtarans'_Homes_._..-.........
By the City Owned of Ow COW of Berger:
BSSOLMD, WHEREAS, tiro additional veterans' homes are needed
to provide adequate care and service to Mine veterans; and
WHEREAS, facilities are especially needed to provide
tre for veterans with alzheimers disease and other diseases of
he elderly; and
WHEREAS, existing veterans' home facilities located
in Augusta, Scarborough, and Caribou leave large gaps in both
geographic areas served and in the availability of proper
professional care for elderly veterans; and
WHEREAS, federal funds may be available for the
construction of additional veterans' homes; and
WBZREAS, the board of trustees of Maine Veterans
Homes has r amended that two new 120 -bed veterans' homes be
built, each with 40 beds for veterans with disease of the elderly;
and
WHEREAS, veterans residing in Penobscot,
Piscataquls, Washington, Hancock and Waldo counties in eastern
Maine are not adequately served by an existing Maine Veterans
Home; and
WHEREAS, Bangor is centrally located to the
population of the unserved eastern Raine counties; and
WHEREAS, Bangor has excellent transportation links
to all of eastern Heine; and -
WHEREAS, Bangor has the highest concentration of
health care professionals, services and facilities in eastern
Maine; and
WHEREAS, there is suitably zoned and serviced
state-owned land ideally located on Hogan Road between I-95 and
the Eastern Maine Medical Center which the Maine Veterans Bases
board of trustees are considering for the location of an Eastern
Maine Veterans Home; and
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WHEREAS, experience with the three existing veterans
homes has proven large homes to be more efficient and cost
effective in operation than smaller homes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF WE CITY OF BANGOR: THAT the City Council Of the City of
Bangor supports and encourages the timely construction of a
120 -bed mine Veterans Home to be located on Hogan Road in Bangor.
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B E S 0 L V E
of Eastern Maine veteran's
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In City council February 24,1992 ,(y
Passed
City Clerk