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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4433 } RESOLUTION NO. 4433 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA REQUESTING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROVIDE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY REGION IN THE PRO- POSED !i[l\STER PLAN FOR HEALTH SERVICES, PHASE IIA-l: I,ONG RANGE SERVICE AND FACILITY NEEDS. IrHEREAS, Los Angeles County Health Department statistics show that the San Gabriel Valley Health Region includes ,20 per cent of the population, 20 per cent of the area, 20 per cent of the taxpayers, 20 per cent of the patients and 18 per cent of the indigent families of Los Angeles County ("}!ASTER PLAN FOR HEALTH SERVICES, PHASE IIA: Study of Health Care Needs"); and WHEREAS, there are no County hospitals in this reg10n and very inadequate County ambulatory health facilities; and WHEREAS, this region has only 375, or less than two per cent, of the total Health Department employees numbering 24,000 for the County Qf Los Angeles; and WHEREAS, the County budget proposed for 1974-1975 allows only two per cent of the total health budget for the San Gabriel Valley; and WHEREAS, the proposed ten-year capital improvements plan of $411,400,000 as set forth in "MASTER PLAN FOR HEALTH SERVICES, PHASE 'IIA-l: Long Range Service and Facility Needs" by the County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services is primarily for Central Los Angeles and does not specify any improvements for the San Gabriel Valley (except for recent verbal assurances of -1- 4433 J perhaps $10,000,000 or far less than three per cent); and WHEREAS, the San Gabriel Valley Health Region has been identified as the area of highest need for health services based upon fifteen variables as listed in "COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SHORT DOYLE PLAN FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, 1974-75/1974-79"; and WHEREAS, "The Los Angeles County Health Services Planning Committee Report on the Study of HEALTH SERVICES in the County of Loi Angeles" states "see to it that all needed health services are provided in all areas of the County" (Bauer Report); NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA RESOLVES AS ,FOLLOWS: SECTION 1,. That the COUI)ty Board of Supervisors be respectfully requested not to approve such a budget of health funds until a more equitable distribution is made to this area. SECTION 2. That the "MASTER PLAN FOR HEALTH SERVICES, PHASE IIA-l: Long Range Service and Facility Needs" not be approved until an equitable provision be made for the indigent ambulatory and hospital patients of the San Gabriel Valley Region. SECTION 3. The City Clerk is directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution to every member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 4th day of June , 1974/ by the affirmative -2- 4433 ; vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: ATTEST: AYES: Councilmen Gilb, Helms, Lauber, Saelid and Scott NOES: None ABSENT: None ~~~~ City Clerk of the City of Arcad1a SIGNED AND APPROVED this 4th day of June ,1974. ,~ ~ Mayor of the C1ty of Ar ~-;Z~~ City ,Clerk ~ (SEAL) ,..... -~-- ,- - #.- .... ~~..::: ,':'..: . '- .........~ " .... --~, -~ .... -3-. 4433