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In the Matter of Honoring )
Operation Access )
for its ten years of service ) RESOLUTION NO, 20031521
WHEREAS Operation Access is a non profit organization that brings together Bay Area health care
organizations and skilled medical volunteers to provide countless uninsured members in our county, as well as
in the other five counties across the Bay Area, with free outpatient surgeries; and
WHEREAS Operation Access fibs the gap in access to outpatient surgical services for the uninsured low.
income population, including the working poor, part time workers, low-income immigrants and the
unemployed; and
WHEREAS during the past ten years Operation Access has served over 1,100 uninsured patients and
saved local public health systems in excess of$4 million dollars; and
WHEREAS Operation Access will mark the significant milestone of ten years of service with a major event
on September 18 at the San Francisco Maritime Museum to further expand its visibility and extend
private/public collaboration and to broaden its support base.
NOWYHEREFORE, BEITRESOLVTED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
hereby congratulates Operation Access for its ten years of service to the people of our County and for the role
they have played in easing the burden on public health systems in the Bay Area, and wishes them every
success as they expand to meet the needs of an ever growing national health crisis.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON September 9, 2003 by a unanimous vote of the Board members present.
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MARK DeSAULNIEK
Chair
District IV Supervi r
JOHN GIOIA Gkkl IL EMA
District I Supervisor District II Supervisor
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MILLIE GREENBERG FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District III Supervisor District V Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an
order entered on the Minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the
aforesaid date.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed
this 9th day of September 2003.
JOHN SWEETEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and
County A4Tinistrator.
By 7SfQ,4'U C , �. .�
Deputy Clerk
Introduced by Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier