HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-38 - Supporting UCI On-campus Medical Teaching HospitalRESOLUTION NO. 73-38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA IN SUPPORT OF THE UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ON -CAMPUS
TEACHING HOSPITAL.
WHEREAS, on the November 1972 General Election Ballot, the people
of Orange County overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2 for Health Sciences
Facilities, a construction Bond Act which provides $155.9 million to be
used for Health Sciences Capital Outlay needs of the University of
California; and
WHEREAS, it was clearly understood by the people of Orange County
that funds from the Bond Act would be used to provide urgently needed new
facilities for the School of Medicine at the Irvine Campus including an
on -campus Teaching Hospital, and the people of Orange County supported the
Bond Act on this basis; and
WHEREAS, a Teaching Hospital located on the Irvine Campus will much
better serve the needs of the medical school and thereby the interests of
the people of Orange County and the State of California; and
WHEREAS, questions are now being raised and suggestions are being
made that the Teaching Hospital be located elsewhere than on the campus of
the University of California, Irvine.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa that it strongly supports the location of the Teaching Hospital
on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, and urges that said
hospital be limited to 200 beds and further urges that the Orange County
Medical Center and outside clinics be maintained; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all public officials, both elected and
appointed, at every level of Government approve and vigorously support
construction of an on -campus Teaching Hospital on the campus of the
University of California, Irvine.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1973.
of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Cos r
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 73-38 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 7th day of May, 1973.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 8th day of May, 1973.
City
Clerk and
ex -officio
Clerk of e
City
Council of
the City
of Costa esa