CC RESOLUTION 4266RESOLUTION NO. 4266
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF
HARBOR -UCLA MEDICAL CENTER AS A FULL SERVICE TERTIARY
HOSPITAL AND LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER
The City Council resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Hairbor -UCLA Medical Center is the premier tertiary hospital and Level 1
Trauma Center in the South Bay serving a population of approximately 2.2 million
people;
B. Harbor -UCLA Medical Center's regional importance is underscored by the
fact that it provides uncompensated medical care to persons in the South Bay who are
uninsured and underinsured, and that such service includes 75,000 Emergency Room
visits, 250,000 outpatient visits and 23,000 hospitalizations annually;
C. Harbor -UCLA Medical Center is an essential component of emergency
management plans in the area of Los Angeles County that includes the world's third
busiest airport, two international seaports and major oil and chemical facilities;
n Haruor_UCLA Mcdicai Center is an important training facility for physicians
serving Los Angeles County and serves as an important link to the regions medical
schools and other medical research institutions nationwide;
E. Harbor -UCLA Medical Center is vital part of the South Bay region's
economy, employing more than 4,000 persons and accounting for nearly
$1 billion in direct and indirect revenues to the region.
Section 2: The City of El Segundo believes strongly that the reorganization plan
considered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors would significantly
diminish the capacity of Harbor -UCLA Medical Center to function effectively as a world
class medical training institution and Level I Trauma Care facility, and place an undue
burden on South Bay residents who have only partial or no medical insurance coverage.
Section 3: The City of El Segundo urges the members of the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors to reject proposals that would reduce the levels of training and
services provided at Harbor -UCLA Medical and, instead, commit to maintaining that
facility as a significant tertiary hospital and Level I Trauma Center serving the residents
and businesses of the South Bay region.
Section 4: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution;
shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of the City; and shall make a
record of proceedings of the City Council in the minutes of the meeting at which same is
passed and adopted.
Section 5: This Resolution will take effect immediately upon adoption.
Mayor Mike Gordon
ATTEST:
Cindy McIftesen, City Clerk
APPROVED
Mark D. H�fi
FORM:
,Attorney
rl H. Berger, �,�gfiistant City Attorney
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being RESOLUTION NO. 4266 was duly passed and adopted by the said City
Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said
City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 6th day of August
2002, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, Gaines, McDowell, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTION: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
WITNESS MY 'HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this hrh day of
August , 2002.
Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk
Of the City of El Segundo,
California
(SEAL)