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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Supporting the Establishment of the San Joaquin Valley
Veterans Administration Regional Medical Clinic at French Camp (CM)
MEETING DATE: November 16, 2005
PREPARED BY: Management Analyst, City Manager's Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution supporting the establishment of the San Joaquin
Valley Veterans Administration regional Medical Clinic (VAMC) at
French Camp.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Lodi American Legion Post 22 has requested support for the
San Joaquin County proposal to replace the VAMC at Livermore
with a site at the San Joaquin General Hospital campus in French
Camp. The local American Legion Post of almost 600 members
feels that the centrally located French Camp area would best suit the needs of Lodi and County
Veterans.
FISCAL *APACT: None.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: NIA
Janet L. Hamilton
Management Analyst
cc: Martin Jones, Commander, Lodi American Legion Post #22
APPROVED:
Blair King, City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-242
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
REGIONAL MEDICAL CLINIC AT FRENCH CAMP
WHEREAS, the VA Skilled Nursing Home and Outpatient Health Care facility in
Livermore has been targeted by the VA Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced
Services to be relocated to the San Joaquin General Hospital campus in Stockton,
California; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Joaquin has submitted a proposal to the
Department of Veterans Affairs for the project; and
WHEREAS, San Joaquin County is home to over 44,000 veterans; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi American Legion Post 22 and its 600 members have
requested support for the relocation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi
hereby supports the establishment of the San Joaquin Valley Veterans Administration
Regional Medical Clinic at French Camp.
Dated: November 16, 2005
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2005-242 was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held November 16, 2005, by the
foNowing vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Mounce,
and Mayor Beckman
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
7anLA KSTON
City Clerk
2005-242
CITY COUNCIL
JOHN BECKMAN, Mayor
SUSAN HITCHCOCK,
Mayor Pro Tempore
LARRY D. HANSEN
BOBJOHNSON
JOANNE MOUNCE
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CITY OF LODI
CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 3006
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1 91 0
(209)333-6700
FAX (209) 333-6807
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November 16, 2005
Jim Nicholson
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Ave NW
Washington DC 20420
Dear Mr. Nicholson:
BLAIR KING
City Manager
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
D. STEPHEN SCHWABAUIER
City Attorney
On behalf of the City Council and the residents of the City of Lodi, California, the VA is hereby
presented with a Resolution of Support for the ' proposal to locate the VA Skilled Nursing
Home and Outpatient Health Care facilities targeted by the VA Capital Asset Realignment for
Enhanced Services (CARES), to be re -located from their current location in Livermore,
California to the San Joaquin General Hospital campus in Stockton, California.
San Joaquin County is home to over 44,000 Veterans and is located in the center of the VA
Palo Alto Health Care System catchment area with direct access to the major highways and
interstates in California. The San Joaquin General Hospital campus is the ideal location for
the VA facility. Collocating the VA Skilled Nursing and Health Care facilities adjacent to a full-
service hospital and public health campus will provide significant efficiencies, additional
services, and economies of scale, in addition to providing the area veteran community access
to a full spectrum of health care services.
We thank you for your consideration of this project.
Sinc ely,
, /dz�
obn Beckman
Mayor, City of Lodi
cc: Martin Jones, Commander, Lodi American Legion Post #22
Ron Green, Veterans Administration Board, Stockton
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-242
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
REGIONAL MEDICAL CLINIC AT FRENCH CAMP
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WHEREAS, the VA Skilled Nursing Home and Outpatient Health Care facility in
Livermore has been targeted by the VA Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced
Services to be relocated to the San Joaquin General Hospital campus in Stockton,
California; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Joaquin has submitted a proposal to the
Department of Veterans Affairs for the project; and
WHEREAS, San Joaquin County is home to over 44,000 veterans; and
WHEREAS, the Lodi American Legion Post 22 and its 600 members have
requested support for the relocation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lodi
hereby supports the establishment of the San Joaquin Valley Veterans'Administration
Regional Medical Clinic at French Camp.
Dated: November 16, 2005
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2005-242 was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held November 16, 2005, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Mounce,
and Mayor Beckman
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLA KSTQN
The foregoing document is certified to 6e a correct City Clerk
copy ol'the original on file in the Citv Clerk's Office.
Jennirer M. i'crrin 2005-242
Deputy City Clerk, City of Lodi
By:
Dated: l (J ( 5 0�