Resolution 2008-39
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-39
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY IN SUPPORT
OF MEASURE A ON THE NOVEMBER 4, 2008 BALLOT
Whereas, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) has been serving the health care
needs of the residents of Santa Clara County for over 130 years, and;
Whereas, one in four residents of Santa Clara County receives medical care from Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center over a four year period; and;
Whereas, Santa Clara County has only one safety net provider of medical care, Santa
Clara Valley Medical Center; and;
Whereas, SCVMC is one of only two bum-trauma centers north of Los Angeles and is a
high level trauma center for both adults and children; and;
Whereas, last year, SCVMC delivered nearly 6,000 babies; and;
Whereas, California law mandates that all hospitals in the State meet seismic safety
standards which require that by 2013, hospital buildings are to remain standing and occupants
able to exit safely and, by 2030, buildings are to remain operational and capable of providing
acute-care medical services to the public; and;
Whereas, more than half of SCVMC's 524 acute care patient beds are at risk of closure
due to location in seismically non-compliant buildings, and;
Whereas, without sufficient inpatient beds, emergency room wait-times and ambulance
diversions throughout the community would spike upward; and;
Whereas, missing the mandated seismic standard deadline would result in SCVMC
having to close half of its 524 patient beds; thereby reducing its capacity for trauma, bum
treatment and regional disaster response; and
Whereas, having to reduce half of SCVMC's bed capacity would mean that, in 2013,
approximately 11,000 people requiring hospitalization would be turned away, in a community
which already has an inadequate number of hospital beds. Santa Clara County already has
among the lowest ratio of available hospital beds per 1,000 residents of any urban region in the
state or nation; and;
Whereas, SCVMC and its partners provided crucial medical services to 7,341 residents
of Gilroy in 2007 and will exceed that number in 2008;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Gilroy
hereby endorses Measure A, placed on the November 2008 general election ballot by the County
of Santa Clara. Measure A will, if approved by 2/3 of Santa Clara County Voters, raise
$840,000,000 to prevent the state mandated shutdown of more than half of Santa Clara Valley
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-39
Medical Center's (SCVMC) patient beds, including the trauma and bum center, by rebuilding,
retrofitting and improving the earthquake safety of the hospital to meet state seismic safety laws.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2008 by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
ARELLANO, DILLON, TUCKER,
WOODWARD and PINHEIRO
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
BRACCO, GARTMAN
NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
APPROVED:
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' Alb Pinheiro, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-39
I, SHA WNA FREELS, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2008-39 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council
held on the 6th day of October, 2008, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this 10th day of October, 2008.
(Seal)