HomeMy WebLinkAbout2585_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 2585
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
URGING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO SELECT THE SITE
FOR A VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN THIS VICINITY
AND PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE
WHEREAS, Loma Linda University is rapidly completing one of
California ' s great medical centers, promising to make the San
Bernardino Valley famous in the fields of science and health, and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Veterans Administration is known to prefer
hospital sites adjacent to medical schools, among which Loma Linda
University is one of the world' s foremost, and
WHEREAS, this Inland section of Southern California, east of
Los Angeles and the San Gabriel River, is populated by 250, 000
veterans, who have no convenient VA medical facilities, and whose
needs will worsen and persist in spite of all presently planned
VA hospital construction;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Redlands, California, recommends that the United States
Government be urgently petitioned, through all appropriate legis-
lative and executive departments, to select promptly a VA hospital
site in this vicinity, and to proceed with construction at the
earliest possible date, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Redlands, California, commends Congressmen Jerry L. Pettis and
John V. Tunney for their introduction of measures that propose the
construction of a Veterans ' hospital in this locality, and that we
pledge them our earnest support.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this seventh day of February,
1967.
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ATTEST: J
s Waldo F. Burrou hs _,
Mayor of the City of Redlands
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APPROVED FOR FORM:
sZ Edward F. Taylor
City Attorney