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Public Records & Notices View a complete day’s public records and notices at memphisdailynews.com. www.chandlerreports.com Friday, December 6, 2019 MemphisDailyNews.com Vol. 134 | No. 194 Rack–50¢/Delivery–39¢ Hospital CEOs discuss forces shaping local medical care JANE ROBERTS structures to bullying in the the most medically challenged, see the future and manage the Memorial Health Care Corp., Courtesy of The Daily Memphian ranks. have little or no insurance. change they are living, including citing research from the McKenzie CEOs of the four largest And in Memphis specifically, The panel discussion was that in 2018, 1,250 hospitals in the Institute. hospital systems in the city they spoke with conviction about presented by Mid-South Health U.S. merged or were acquired. The good news for medicine, talked Tuesday night about the the institutions they run that Care Executives at the FedEx “Fifty percent of the skills we he said, is that two of the challenges of managing health produce a combined $1 billion- Institute of Technology. are paying Americans to do today sectors the research identifies care in the midst of political and plus economic impact in a city Much of the discussion can be automated right now,” social forces – from payment where 28% of the population, often centered on how the executives said Jason Little, CEO of Baptist MEDICAL CONTINUED ON P2 show are Michelle Obama, Michael B. Jordan, Jason Momoa and Timberlake. The academy began as a humble summer Stax Music Academy students music workshop in a South Memphis elementary school. The celebration of its 20th anniversary will embrace talent shows, a public Black History Month production, fundraising events for potential to appear on ‘Ellen’ special donors, a three-day livestream Memphis music marathon, the SMA’s flagship summer camp, alumni events, and a huge birthday bash that coincides with International Music Day. “If you came here more than 20 years ago, you’d be standing in an abandoned apartment building with no windows and garbage up to your knees in every unit. But a lot of people had a great vision to build a Stax Music Academy here, and I would wager to say that this is the happiest place on Earth,” said Tim Sampson, Soulsville Foundation communications A lot of people had director. In April, the a great vision to academy will build a Stax Music participate in an Academy here, and exchange program with Trombone I would wager to Shorty Foundation say that this is the in New Orleans. The event will take place happiest place on in a two-phased “Earth.” collaboration, in which New Orleans –Tim Sampson, Soulsville Foundation communications director students will come to the University of Memphis and Rhodes and SMA students will visit colleges in Students of the Stax Music Academy performed at a Dec. 4 press conference announcing the school’s appearance on a national New Orleans. The two groups will battle it out, television program. (Patrick Lantrip/Courtesy of The Daily Memphian) representing Memphis soul and New Orleans jazz at a live show in the Crosstown Theater. JARED BOYD years of service to young Memphis workshop led by Justin Timberlake and The collaboration is familiar ground for an Courtesy of The Daily Memphian musicians, and news of the national a chance for the SMA rhythm section organization that has welcomed the likes of George Stax Music Academy students will television appearance was part of SMA’s to open for legendary Stax recording Clinton, Candi Staton, George Duke, Elvis Costello, appear in the finale of “Ellen’s Greatest announcement of a series of events artist Booker T. Jones at Crosstown Steve Miller, Bootsy Collins and many other famous Night of Giveaways” on NBC Dec. 12, the to honor the school from January to Theater Jan. 18. musicians and accomplished background players, SMA announced Wednesday. October. Other celebrities scheduled to The academy is celebrating 20 They include a student songwriters appear on Ellen DeGeneres’ holiday STAX CONTINUED ON P3 INSIDE Public Records ................ 4 Public Notices ............... 15 memphisdailynews.com chandlerreports.com Business and marriage licenses are ©2019 The Daily News Publishing Company A division of The Daily News Publishing Company unavailable while Shelby County Memphis, Tennessee The standard for premium real estate Established 1886 • 134th year information since 1968 Clerk’s O ce reviews internal policies Call 901.523.1561 to subscribe Call 901.458.6419 for more information for its digital platforms. Page 2 MemphisDailyNews.com Friday, December 6, 2019 than 685 apartment units in the Memphis area and developed 10 condominiums in Renovation, addition project at Midtown. He was formerly senior asset manager of ALDAR Properties, an Abu Dhabi real estate developer. The application says the project would 1750 Madison seeking incentives generate $621,894 in additional taxes for the city and county over 14.5 years while the tax abatement, 75% of the JARED BOYD Wolf River Harbor Holdings LLC, led by and storage for apartment residents and increased tax output, would save the Courtesy of The Daily Memphian Billy Orgel, is seeking a 20-year payment in rental space for beauty and hair salons. developer $1,865,682. The Downtown Developers will seek tax abatements lieu of taxes (PILOT) for the adaptive reuse Vacant lots the west side of Evergreen agency considers tax savings from PILOTs for mixed-use projects at the Madison of the snuff factory at 46 Keel as part of the and east side of Auburndale would be sites hypothetical because it says the projects Professional Building at 1750 Madison and larger Snuff District in Uptown. for construction of buildings containing wouldn’t happen without the incentive. the old American Snuff Factory building The $45 million factory conversion 12 and 10 apartments, respectively. The The PILOT for the snuff factory would Downtown on Tuesday, Dec. 10. would create 105 apartments, 78,000 analysis says the existing 139-space save the developer $14,577,920 over 20 The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. square feet of office space and about 10,000 parking lot will serve the development. years while generating an additional will consider a request for a 14.5-year square feet of ground floor commercial. The timetable calls for the project to $21,629,602 from all tax sources, according payment in lieu of taxes for 1750 Madison It’s part of a proposed $190 million to $200 commence in February and be completed to an analysis by Younger & Associates. Development LLC’s proposal for 74 million mixed use development along the by February 2021. Orgel, owner of cell phone tower apartments and ground-floor commercial. east bank of the Wolf River Harbor. The building is partially occupied company Tower Ventures, has been The $12.5 million development led by According to a staff analysis, the 1750 and suffering from significant deferred involved in Downtown projects including Amin Zaki would overhaul the 45-year- Madison project calls for a full renovation maintenance, according to a Downtown redevelopment of the Tennessee Brewery, old, six-story office building on Madison of the existing building for ground floor Memphis Commission analysis. conversion of Gibson Guitar to FedEx and build new construction on adjoining retail and 52 apartments on floors 2-6. The Zaki, founder and owner of Stella Logistics headquarters and the planned vacant lots. basement is envisioned as housing a gym Maris Development, has developed more mixed-use development The Clipper. MEDICAL CONTINUED FROM P1 “The board I had really didn’t see us the hospital leaders were doing “beyond being any different,” he said. The new board zero tolerance” to reduce the incidences of as growing – technological and social/ understood “we can be different; we can nurses being bullied on the job. emotional skills – are endemic to medicine. be better.” For a moment, the auditorium was “These are things you can’t automate. In the end, he said, patient experience silent. Chief among all those are health care jobs, drove community buy-in. “It was a brutal environment,” even in distressed Americana,” Little said. “If you come to the hospital with low Coopwood said, remembering when he “It’s a huge catalyst for change to our expectations, and we wow you, we have the started medical school. “It was OK to harass organization,” he said, adding that it’s also ability to move the needle in the community nurses, sexually, physically, emotionally. … an inspirational one. “They’re looking to and in the community’s mind,” Coopwood That was the hierarchical organization of us in health care to be one of those last said. health care in that time. There are vestiges bastions of great jobs in America.” In response to a question from the of that that still remain.” Sally Deitch, the new CEO of St. Francis audience about patient and employee He said he has “sanctioned” several hospitals here, asked the audience to think lawsuits over unpaid bills, Methodist Le employees “who have acted badly.” what cost containment could eventually Bonheur CEO Michael Ugwueke talked At Methodist, “it is truly zero mean in an industry where labor is by far about change at Methodist. tolerance,” Ugwueke said. “I cannot, I the No. 1 expense and artificial intelligence, “When patients come, you have the will not, accept physicians bullying staff. from patient data and diagnoses to obligation to assess those patients and their If you tolerate that, you are only enabling laboratory results, is rapidly progressing. ability to pay,” he said. “Most hospitals use it. I don’t care if it’s the highest producer,” “Imagine if I only needed to have half DR. REGINALD COOPWOOD (CLOCKWISE the same methodology.