Resolution 09139CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 9139
SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF
BEDS AND SERVICES FOR ALAMEDA HOSPITAL
WHEREAS, the Alameda Hospital of Alameda is in need of
modern, up-to-date beds and services in order to better serve the
health needs of the City and adjacent areas and has made applica-
tion to the State of California Department of Health to this
effect; and
WHEREAS, Alameda Hospital is the only hospital in Alameda
and the nearest major acute hospital facility to the population
of the island; and
WHEREAS, Alameda Hospital would be the only available
acute general hospital available to the population of the island
of Alameda if a major seismic disaster occurred; and
WHEREAS, the population of Alameda includes many senior
citizens who are constantly in need of health care; and
WHEREAS, the population of Alameda and the surrounding
area is experiencing a slight population growth and is projected
to do so for several years to come; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital has committed to delicensure of
unnecessary and unneeded acute care beds,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA as follows:
1. That it supports the application of the Alameda
Hospital of Alameda for replacement of acute care beds and
services as a means of maintaining the area's vital health
services to meet the needs of the citizens of the Alameda area.
2. That a suitable copy of this resolution be forwarded
to the State of California Department of Health.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City
of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 21st day of August, 1979,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Diament, Sherratt, Stone, Tillman, and
President Corica, (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 22nd day of August, 1979.
Acting :City Clerk of the City of Alameda