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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997 070 CC RESO1997 070 CC RESO(Ì춽 RESOLUTION NO.97-70 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK IN SUPPORT OF A 750-BED LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER REPLACEMENT FACILITY WHEREAS, the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments has requested support for a 750-bed LAC+USC Medical Center Replacement Facility; and WHEREAS, the LAC+USC Medical Center has been providing quality health care services to Los Angeles County residents since its founding in 1878; and WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has a longstanding tradition of providing quality health care services to all county residents, including the medically indigent; Los Angeles County has a statutory obligation to provide quality health care for its medically indigent residents under California Welfare Institutions Code, Section 17000; and WHEREAS, more than 3.5 million people live within a 10-mile radius of LAC+USC, including 60 percent of the medically indigent population of Los Angeles County; and WHEREAS, LAC+USC is a critical component of the County's comprehensive health system, providing 23 percent of all trauma care in the County and caring for 50 percent of all HIV/AIDS cases and nearly 50 percent of all burn cases, in addition to many other critical services not offered by other hospitals in the area; and WHEREAS, LAC+USC Medical Center sustained substantial damage during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake; as a result, the Med Center must comply with new state seismic standards; for this reason, along with the fact that the facility's physical plant is deteriorating and that it does not meet minimum life safety requirements, Los Angeles County is now forced to replace the outdated and inefficient Medical Center; and WHEREAS, several studies have been conducted at the request of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to assess the health care needs of the County and to recommend the appropriate size and scope of the Medical Center's replacement; the recommendations issued by these studies indicate a need for a replacement facility in the range of 750 beds; and WHEREAS, leading health care professional organizations, including the Healthcare Association of Southern California and the Los Angeles County Medical Association, have expressed their support for a replacement facility in the range of 750 beds; the County's own Department of Health Services also supports a 750-bed replacement facility; and WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA) has indicated that the County is at risk of losing close to half a billion dollars in federal funds, specifically allocated for the replacement of the Medical Center, if it does not decide on a replacement plan by January, 1998; NOW, THEREFORE, upon evaluating the information available and recognizing the urgency faced by the County, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park is in full support of a 750-bed LAC+USC Medical Center replacement facility and, furthermore, the City Council urges the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to vote for said facility at its Board meeting of November 12,1997. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of November, 1997. MAYOR Q BIB] 37650-U01 1997-U02 070-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO1275-U03 DO1286-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 97-70-U05 NOV-U05 5-U05 1997-U05 1997 070 CC RESO(Ì춽 Resolution No.97-70 Page2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss; CITYOFBALDWINPARK I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting of the City Council on November 5.1997. by the following vote: AYES MUSE, VAN CLEAVE, LOZANO, AND MAYOR LOWES NOES NONE ABSENT NONE ABSTAIN NONE IN A L. GAl ITY CLERK BIB] 37650-U01 1997-U02 070-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO1126-U03 FO1275-U03 DO1286-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 10/10/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 RESO-U05 97-70-U05 NOV-U05 5-U05 1997-U05