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RESOLUTION NO. 1308
SERIES OF 1992
TITLE: RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A REPLACEMENT
FACILITY AT FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
WHEREAS, the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center has a long
and distinguished history serving the United States Armed Forces
since it was established in 1918 as General Hospital #21 and
remained Fitzsimons General Hospital in 1920 and redesignated in
1973 as Fitzsimons Army Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons is one
military medical installations and
thousands of military personnel during
of
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the world's largest
treated hundreds of
long tenure; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons served as the temporary "White House"
for President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955 when he was recovering
from a heart attack; and
WHEREAS, the present complex of 282 buildings and 99
other structures sits on 576.5 acres, including the main over
400-bed hospital building originally dedicated on December 3,
1941. Fitzsimons is also a self-contained Army installation,
serves close to 70,000 military personnel, retirees, and their
families in a 40-mile metro area; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons employes over 2,100 military and
2,000 civilian employees, has an annual payroll of over $150
million, and spends over $32.2 million for local contracts; and
WHEREAS, today Fitzsimons is a medical facility providing
a broad range of services and facilities covering most medical
specialties; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons serves all branches of the Armed
Forces in addition to furnishing specialty referrals for Army and
Air Force hospitals in 13 surrounding states; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons receives approximately 67,000 visits
each month to the facility's more than 50 clinics, its
laboratories process above 4 million tests each, and its pharmacy
fills nearly 1.4 million prescriptions annually; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons' mission is multi-faceted and focuses
on medical training (utilizing long-standing affiliations with a
number of area medical institutions, including the University of
Colorado Health Sciences Center, Children's Hospital, Denver
General Hospital, Mercy Family Medical Program/St. Anthony's
Hospital Systems, National Jewish Center for Immunology &
Respiratory Medicine, Presbyterian/St. Luke's Center for Health
Sciences Education, Rose Medical Center, st. Joseph's Hospital,
and Denver Veterans' Administration Medical Center), delivery of
services to a l3-state region (including assisting the Public
Health Service in providing care to the Native American
population), military preparedness, and serving as home to other
Department of Defense tenants; and
WHEREAS, Fitzsimons has and continues to deliver cost
effective medical care in fulfilling its broadly defined mission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the City of Wheat Ridge
that every effort be made to ensure that plans to construct a
replacement facility for the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center are
aggressively pursued; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that every effort be made to see
that the design of the new facility at the Center be completed in
as expeditious a manner as possible; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Wheat Ridge
endorses all efforts underway, including those being led by
members of the Colorado congressional delegation and the Future
of Fitzsimons Initiative, to see that the replacement of the
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center is completed in efficient and cost
effective manner while meeting the military needs of the United
States of America.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 27th day of July, 1992.
Mayor
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