HomeMy WebLinkAbout09_080 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 09-80
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA TO SUPPORT THE NEW LOMA LINDA
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AND ALERT OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS TO LEGISLATION THAT COULD
JEOPARDIZE THE OPENING OF THE NEW HOSPITAL
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Loma Linda University Medical Center is partnering with an
investment group of medical physicians to construct and operate a 203-bed hospital in
Murrieta; and
WHEREAS, the $230 million project will bring thousands of jobs to the region at
no cost to taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, Loma Linda University Medical Center is expected to begin
operations in early 2011; and
WHEREAS, our region is in desperate need of hospital beds; and
' WHEREAS, on a national basis, three hospital beds per thousand population is
an indicator of adequate and available care; and
WHEREAS, the southern region of the county has 637 licensed beds, or a ratio
of 1.05 per thousand; and
WHEREAS, language has been proposed in the health care reform legislation, in
the Senate Finance Committee, that would bar or severely limit physician owned
hospitals; and
WHEREAS, this legislation, if passed in it's current form, would have a
devastating impact on health care access in our region; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Temecula resolves as
follows:
Section 1. The City of Temecula does hereby SUPPORT the new Loma
Linda University Medical Center.
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' Section 2. A copy of this Resolution shall be sent by the City Clerk, with
an accompanying letter from the Mayor to our federal legislators, informing them in the
clearest of terms of the City's concern that they health care reform legislation contains
language that would significantly, negatively impact the new Loma Linda University
Medical Center.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 22nd day of September, 2009.
Edwards, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Jones, MMC
City Cle
[SEAL]
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' STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 09-80 was duly and regular day adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 22" of September, 2009, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Roberts,
Washington, Edwards
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
' Susan . Jones, MMC
City Clerk
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