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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-12-16; City Council; 3551; Paramedic Emergency Servicet CITY OF CARLSBAD AGENDA BILL NO. DATE: December 16, 1975 DEPARTMENT: City Manager Initial Dept. Hd.: C. Atty.! C. Mgr. I Subject: PARAMEDIC EMERGENCY SERVICE Statement of the Matter ( D The City Council has received and considered information concerning paramedic emergency service. The City staff has participated in conferences with the County of San Diego and other North San Diego County government agencies in an attempt to determine a need for the service and the economic feasibility of instituting this service within cities. The results of both of these efforts are framed in two questions. One, is there an identifiable need? Two, Is it economically feasible for individual local governments to provide the service once need is established? The question of need is open to debate. The question of economic feasibility is not. The population of North County cities individually is not sufficient to support the service. An agency which includes these cities would appear a logical alternative. To preclude creating another level of government, it would seem rational to utilize an existing agency. Such an agency exists in the Tri City Hospital and its district. Exhibit Resolution No. J_X i ' Recommendation �If Council concurs, action would be to adopt Resolution No.1/ Council Action 12-18-75 Resolution #3813, requesting the directors of the Tri- - City Hospital District to serve as the agency for the initiation and operation of emergency Paramedic Service for municipalities within Tri-City Hospital District, was adopted by title only. 1I RESOLUTION NO. 3813 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 3 OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE DIRECTORS OF THE TRT_- CITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO SERVE AS 4 THE AGENCY FOR THE INITIATION AND OPERATION OF EMERGENCY PARAMEDIC a SERVICE FOR MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN TRI-CITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. 6 7 WHEREAS, the provision of emergency paramedic service has 8 been considered by the cities of North San Diego; and 9 i WHEREAS, the question of individual city need has not been 10 definitely resolved; and 11 WHEREAS, it may not be considered economically feasible for 12 each city to .initiate and provide such service independently; and 13 WHEREAS, an existing special district government agency does 14 exist which overlays the cities concerned, nanely the Tri-City 15 ",ospital district; 16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the 17 City of Carlsbad, California that: 18 1. The above statements are true and correct. 19 2. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California 20 requests the City Councils of Oceanside, Vista and San Marcos, 21 California to join together in requesting the Directors of the Tri- 22 City Hospital District to serve as the agency for the initiation, 23 establishment, maintenance, operation and management of emergency 24 paramedic service for all municipalities lying within the 25 boundaries of the Tri-City Hospital District if it is determined 26 that such a service is needed in North County. 27 28 �� 1 '0—% 1 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the 2 City of Carlsbad, California this 18h day of December , 3 1975, by the following vote, to wit: 4 AYEa: Councilmen Frazee, Chase, Lewis, Skotnicki & Councilwoman 5 Casler. NOES: None 6 ABSENT: None 7 I� J� '4921 8 ATTEST: OBERT C. FRAZEE, D19yor 9 4,i 10 AR E. A--b y Clerk (seal) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 .