HomeMy WebLinkAbout021016 RES - 11/06/1990A RESOLUTION
IN SUPPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE HOSPITAL AT
NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
WHEREAS, the Department of the Navy has proposed to
downgrade the naval hospital at the Naval Air Station in Corpus
Christi to a government owned, contractor -operated clinic; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately 25,000 active military and
retired members and their dependents within a 100 -mile radius of the
hospital who depend on military operated medical facilities for
medical care; and
WHEREAS, the Naval Air Station hospital provided outpatient
services to over 88,000 patients in 1989; and
WHEREAS, there are approximately 10,000 veterans that winter
in the Coastal Bend who also depend upon the Naval Air Station
hospital for medical services; and
WHEREAS, the naval hospital has provided medical services to
over 71,000 patients from Corpus Christi, over 16,000 from NAS
Beeville, over 16,000 from NAS Kingsville, and over 12,000 from NAS
Dallas; and
WHEREAS, a substantial number of active duty military
personnel would not retire in Corpus Christi and a substantial number
of retired military personnel would leave Corpus Christi because of
the lack of adequate military operated medical facilities in the event
the hospital were downgraded to a clinic; and
WHEREAS, a substantial number of military retirees and their
dependents would not winter in the Coastal Bend because of the lack of
adequate military operated medical facilities if the hospital services
were reduced; and
WHEREAS, the Naval Air Station hospital contributes
approximately $24 million annually to the Corpus Christi economy; and
WHEREAS, with reduction of hospital personnel, it is
estimated that 250 housing units would be vacated; and
WHEREAS, the cost of providing health care to military
retired personnel and their dependents through Civilian Health and
Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) would be
imminently more costly than maintaining the military hospital at Naval
Air Station Corpus Christi; and
WHEREAS, the loss of the naval hospital at Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi would cause great economic harm and concern to the
military retirees, their dependents, and the citizens of Corpus
Christi and the Coastal Bend; and
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WHEREAS, maintaining current inpatient levels of medical
care at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi hospital would be fiscally
advantageous to both the Department of the Navy and the residents of
the greater Corpus Christi area, both military and civilian alike;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS THAT:
SECTION 1. The City of Corpus Christi continues to fully
support the military presence of the Navy in the Coastal Bend.
SECTION 2. The City of Corpus Christi continues to fully
endorse and support the continuation of full medical services at the
naval hospital at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
SECTION 3. The medical services currently offered at the
hospital at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi are mutually beneficial
and cost effective to the Navy as well as the military personnel and
their dependents in Corpus Christi.
SECTION 4. The City of Corpus Christi respectfully requests
the Department of the Navy maintain and continue full medical services
on an inpatient basis at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi hospital.
SECTION 5. The City of Corpus Christi calls on all Texas
officials and Congressional representatives and especially Senator
Lloyd Bentsen, Senator Phil Gramm and Congressmen Solomon Ortiz to
support and work to secure continued funding and staffing of Naval Air
Station Corpus Christi Hospital to ensure the hospital remains in
place and continues its present level of service to the active duty
personnel, retirees, and their dependents.
SECTION 6. The City Council directs that copies of this
resolution be sent to members of the Texas Legislative Delegation,
appropriate Federal Departments, Agencies and officials, and the
various governmental jurisdictions and support groups in the Corpus
Christi area.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
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MAY JR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: a DAY OF Nc, 19 et C.,
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
(C, day of 1161,(LIla(Qki , 19 qe
The above resolution was passed
by the following vote:
Betty N. Turner (////'
Cezar Galindo lCf t
Leo Guerrero (lit0eIL
Tom Hunt
Edward A. Martin
Joe McComb
Clif Moss
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing, Jr.
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