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RESOLUTION NO. /0737
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO URGING CONSTRUCTION OF A VETERANS ADMINIS-
TRATION HOSPITAL IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
WHEREAS, the combined population of the metropolitan area
of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties totals over 1,155,100
people, most of whom reside in the western end of this area
known as the "Inland Empire"; and
WHEREAS, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties are proud
of their citizens who have served in the Armed Forces of the
United States of America during national emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the people of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
believe that adequate medical facilities should be provided
locally for those veterans of the Armed Forces requiring medical
care and treatment; and
WHEREAS, existing Veterans Administration hospitals in
Southern California are overcrowded and approximately seventy-
five miles distant over crowded freeways; and
WHEREAS, a Veterans Administration hospital situated in
the Inland Empire would relieve the pressure on other veterans
hospitals and would provide facilities convenient to the thousand
of veterans in the San Bernardino area,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The President of the United States is hereby
petitioned to provide funds in the 1971-72 federal budget for
the construction of a Veterans Administration hospital conven-
ient to the many deserving veterans of the City of San Bernar-
dino.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Ber-
nardino at a /l~~ct/~ meeting thereof, held on
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the / 7t:J, day of
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, 1971, by the following
vote, to wit;
AYES; Councilmen, SJ./'//'~/ IdJULL y ;f a..t.nM-:;..
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ABSENT: /;1 (?77 R
, 1971.
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