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RESOLUTION NO. ~~
Series of 1970
WHEREAS, Lutheran Hospital is important to the entire
Metro area, to Jefferson County and to Wheat Ridge.
WHEREAS, 11.4% of Hospital usage is by Wheat Ridge
residents, 48.5% by other Jefferson County residents, and 40.1%
by persons outside Jefferson County.
WHEREAS, Wheat Ridge is a newly organized City with
limited resources.
WHEREAS, crowded Hospital conditions which now exist
are the result of growth in the entire Metro area as a whole
and JeffersQn County in particular.
WHEREAS, an immediate need for Hospital expansion now
exists and is planned, but cannot be completed without assurance
that drainage problems will be resolved.
WHEREAS, representatives of cities in Jefferson County
as represented at the Jefferson County Governments Association
on April 27, 1970 indicated a recognition of the importance of
the Hospital to their area and a desire to support its continued
growth.
WHEREAS, the County of Jefferson has to date spent
approximately $3oo,00~ on constructing the first portions of the
project that is designed to provide proper storm drainage for
Lutheran Hospital; the Colorado Department of Highways has
spent approximately $75,000. toward completing this project; the
new City of Wheat Ridge since its incorporation, August 20, 1969,
has spent approximately $40,000. toward the completion of this
project,
WHEREAS, Jefferson County with county-wide taxing powers
receives money also from cities and is the logical source of funds
to assist Wheat Ridge in solving the drainage problem which existed
long before the City was incorporated,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT this City Council
pledges to do all within its powers to provide adequate drainage
for the Hospital prior to the completion of the planned addition
and no later than 1972.
DONE AND RESOLVED THIS
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A. D., 1970 by a vote of
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Albert E. Anderson
Mayor
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Louise F. Turner
City Clerk
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