Receive update on plan to allocate $15 million to support Doctors Medical Center
In Plain English
The city committed $15 million from a Chevron environmental agreement to help keep Doctors Medical Center operating as a full-service hospital. Staff will report on their progress developing a multi-year spending plan. The city is also exploring additional funding sources beyond the Chevron money.
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Votes
Allow Heather Klup, who failed to file a pink speaker's card with the City Clerk prior to the City Council's consideration of the item, an opportunity to address the City Council
7 to 0
Allow everyone that failed to file a pink speaker's card with the City Clerk prior to the City Council's consideration of the item an opportunity to speak
Direct the City of Richmond to immediately loan $4 million to Doctors Hospital and direct the city manager to meet with Casino San Pablo to request that it frontload the $4 million
Direct staff to continue moving forward with its current plan, begin discussions with stakeholders, explore all possibilities to support DMC as a full-service, acute-care hospital with an emergency room, and also begin conversations with financial advisors regarding possibly adding DMC to the Trans Revenue Bonds in order to immediately provide $4 million to DMC to survive throughout the month of December 2014
7 to 0
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