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RESOLUTION NO. ,E':;~'7i
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A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles endorsing the attached Agreement between
Local Government and the Puget Sound Health Systems
Agency.
WHEREAS, Public Law 93 -641 call s for a partners hip among consumers
and providers of health care and local elected officials to provide effective health
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. planning programs; and
WHEREAS, a number of local elected officials in Health Service Area
#1 in Northwest Washington have determined that the extent of local government in-
volvement in health planning is less than adequate; and
WHEREAS, the HSA Alternative,s Study conducted by the Puget Sound
Council of Governments, in cooperation with the Northwest Regional Council, the
ten counties and two major cities in Health Service Area #1 and the Puget Sound Health
Systems Agency (PSHSA), identified as the two major problems with the health planning
process in this area; (1) lack of public accountability; and (2) inadequate coordina-
Hon of health planning with other areas of planning; and
WHEREAS, representatives of local governments and the PSHSA, follow-
ing extensive negotiation, signed the attached agreement which proposes several
changes in the structural organization and operational procedures of the PSHSA in
order to provide 9- more responsible role for local governments in the health planning
process, increase public accountability in the PSHSA~s deCision-making activities,
and promote comprehensive planning in which health planning is conducted in coordi-
nation with land use, transportation, housing, and environmental planning activities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
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Port Angeles that the City hereby;
1. Endorses the attached agreement signed by representatives of local
governments and of the Puget Sound Health Systems Agency, dated April 27, 1978;.
2. Encourages immediate steps by local government and PSHSA staff to
develop the proposed changes in greater detail and draft the neces sary revisions to
the PSHSA's bylaws; and
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3. Recommends implementation of the changes at the earliest possible
date.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and approved by
its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council held on the It- '" day of ~,
1978.
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Marian C. Parrish, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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C. T. Walrath, City Attorney
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