HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 97-70RESOLUTION NO. 97- 7 0
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
SUPPORTING THE LAC+USC MEDICAL CENTER REPLACEMENT FACILITY
WHEREAS, the LAC+USC Medical Center has been providing quality health care services to
Los Angeles County residents since its founding in 1878; and
\NTEREAS, Los Angeles County has a long-standing 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 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outdated and inefficient Medical Center; and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 Angles County Board
of Supervisors to assess the health care needs of the County and to recommend the appropriate
size and scope of the Medical Centers replacement; the recommendation issued by these studies
indicate a need for a replacement facility in the range of 750 beds; and
WHEREAS, leading health care professionals 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 allocate d for the
replacement of the Medical Center, if it does not decide on a replacement plan by January 1998.
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THEREFORE, recognizing the urgency faced by the County, be it resolved that the City Council
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 as its
Board Meeting of ;November 12, 1997.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this 4fjh day of November , 1997
Mayor
I, Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was passed, adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on the 4th day of November 1997, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ilarmony, Werner, MPT/I-Ier_rer
M/IIUff
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ansar_ i
.ATTEST:
Lyn a Burgess, City C,e,k
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