Tremain welcomes new signing of lease at Wellesley Road.
May 24, 2010
MP for Napier, Chris Tremain, welcomes the decision by the HBDHB to re-sign the lease at Wellesley Road Health Centre.
The lease has been signed for a ten year period through until 2019. The lease commences 01 July, 2010, with further rights of renewal. The previous lease was to expire at the end of 2011 so the early signing further demonstrates the DHB’s commitment to the centre. On top of this the lease has been signed at a significant reduction on previous terms ensuring continuity of the lease and a saving of precious health dollars.
“This is great news” says Chris. “I congratulate the DHB for this decision to extend services in Napier well into the future and for the conclusion of these successful negotiations”.
“The future of this facility has been up in the air for some time” says Mr Tremain. “I have worked with both the Minister and the DHB to ensure that Napier residents were guaranteed a Health Centre into the future. At two public meetings, I held in Napier, residents expressed their passionate desire for a “Public Health” facility to remain in Napier”.
“I was concerned to learn toward the end of last year that negotiations favoured splitting the lease separately between the various tenants. My concern here was that this would divide the centre and force tenants to make decisions independent of each other thereby weakening the service provision from the centre. I am pleased to say that a degree of backroom lobbying prevented this situation. Kevin Atkinson and Diana Kirton deserve acknowledgement for their efforts to avert this initial proposal”.
“It is important to note that part of the successful renegotiated lease included an upfront cash settlement. It is important that Hawkes Bay people know this so that we can work together to ensure this cash settlement is used to develop the centre. The development of consultant rooms would be a priority from my perspective”.
