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FROM: Supervisor Tom .Powers Contra
Costa
DATE: August 13, 1991 County
SUBJECT: Support for Martinez Veterans' Administration Medical Center
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
Recommendation:
That the County Administrator takes the appropriate steps to notify
congressional delegates and federal administrators of the Board' s
strong interest in maintaining the Martinez Veterans'
Administration Medical Center as a viable medical delivery system
for Veterans of the East • Bay and 41 counties in Northern
California.
Background:
Recent information indicates. the Veterans' Administration is
contemplating closing the Martinez Veterans' Administration Medical
Center using its proximity to an earthquake fault and other rumored
justifications for its closure. However, the City of Martinez has
established that there are no seismic threats to the present
facility.
Because of the age of many of our veterans and their families,
seeking medical care at a VA facility elsewhere is out of the
question. This medical center has one of the largest patient.:-:I
catchment areas in the Veterans' Administration medical system,:,and
as such, should be retrofitted and remodelled so these patients can,
continue to be cared for at this location.
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CC: ATTESTED
Phil Batch.elo Clerk. of. th.e. Board
of Supervisors an unty._Administrator
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