Resolution Number 15-01-20-01 RESOLUTION NO. 15-01-20-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE
OF THE SADDLEBACK MEMORIAL CARE SAN CLEMENTE CAMPUS
WHEREAS, Memorial Care Health System has announced plans to conduct a
feasibility study to replace the current Saddleback Memorial Medical Center San Clemente
Campus and Emergency Room, with an ambulatory health care campus; and
WHEREAS, San Clemente Hospital has served the communities of San Clemente,
San Juan Capistrano, and Dana Point since 1972; and
WHEREAS, San Juan Capistrano residents have voiced their concerns about the
potential loss of the acute care hospital and emergency services and fear for the health and
welfare of the residents and visitors who are in critical need to be transported particularly
from the south and east side of San Juan Capistrano; and
WHEREAS, the emergency room operation has saved the lives of numerous
residents and visitors alike; and
WHEREAS, aside from San Clemente Hospital the closest emergency room is located
in Mission Viejo at Mission Hospital, and while it provides excellent healthcare to residents,
its emergency room often is overcrowded and will be further burdened by the closure of San
Clemente Hospital; and
WHEREAS, the 1-5 freeway is routinely congested with traffic, delaying travel time to
alternative emergency room sites; and
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does hereby
resolve as follows:
Section 1 —Oppose the potential closure of the Saddleback Memorial Medical Center,
San Clemente Campus and Emergency Room_
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of January 2015.
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DEREK REEVE, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO j
I, MARIA MORRIS, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15-01-20-01 was duly adopted by the City Council of
the City of San Juan Capistrano at an Adjourned Regular meeting thereof, held the loth day
of January 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: tUNCIL
UNCIL MEMBERS: Allevato, Byrnes, Ferguson, Patterson and Mayor Reeve
NOE 111111 MEMBER: None
ABS N COUNCIL MEMBER: None
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