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SUPERVISOR JIM ROGERS Costa
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SEPTEMBER 16, 1997
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SUBJECT: CENTER FOR HEALTH IN NORTH RICHMOND
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Chair ofthe Board to sign a letter to Chevron Corporation asking them to approve distribution of$550.000 to Contra
Costa County to help fund the building of the Center for Health in North Richmond,as recommended by the Richmond City Council.
BACKGROUND:
On February 24,1997,the Richmond City Council recommended that$550,000 of the fiends originally committed to the Martin
Luther King Jr.Family Health Center be given to Contra Costa County to help fund the building of the Center for Health in North
Richmond.
On May 6, 1997,the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution#97/218 expressing its commitment to constructing the Center for
Health,contingent upon receipt of$550,000 from Chevron Corporation.
The City Council's recommendation included an 18-month deadline for the Center to be opened. In light of that requirement,General
Services,at the request of Health Services,bid out the project and is in the final stages of contractor selection.
On August 25,Chevron notified the Board that Chevron's earlier commitment to fund the Martin Luther King Jr.Family Health
Center was for health services,not health care facility construction and that funding for health care facility construction was"contrary
to Chevron's long-standing policy against contributing to bricks and mortar projects". Chevron's letter also stated that Chevron would
not even begin steps to determine whether the funds would be distributed"for purposes other than health services"until the Martin
Luther King bankruptcy had been concluded.
The County cannot move ahead with construction until a commitment of funds is received from Chevron.
A letter to Chevron lrom the Board of Supervisors will underscore the importance of action on their part. The letter will address
Chevron's concern about not distributing funds until after the Martin Luther King Jr.Health Center bankruptcy is concluded by
proposing the establishment ofan escrow account which will hold the funds until the bankruptcy is resolved.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMIyi111EE l
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON - September 16, 1997 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER X
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the above recommendation is APPROVED and it is REQUESTED
that the draft letter be submitted for consideration to Board Members and Council Member
Donna Powers of Richmond City Council before being issued.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED September 16, 1997
Auditor-Controller PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Richmond City Council - D. Powers `
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