Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Presiding: Mayor McLaughlin · Called to order: 7:47 p.m. · 1 items · 3 votes · 22 public comments
What happened
- Approved directing staff to request Chevron redirect part of $90 million agreement to Doctors Medical Center.
- Approved two routine items including $75,000 for Hilltop Landscape beautification projects along Richmond Parkway.
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Governance(1 item)
Direct staff to request Chevron redirect part of $90 million agreement to Doctors Medical Center
In Plain English
The city has a $90 million Community Investment Agreement with Chevron. Council wants to ask Chevron to redirect some of this money to support Doctors Medical Center instead of its current uses. If approved, staff sends a formal letter making this request.
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Votes
Direct the city manager and city attorney to meet with Chevron, Communities for a Better Environment, Contra Costa County, and other agencies and come back to the City Council in 15 days with recommendations to redirect $20 million to save Doctors Medical Center (DMC)
(1) make a commitment of intent to allocate $15 million from the $50 million Community Program Section of the Chevron Agreement, allocated pro rata, with the funds conditional to support for DMC as a full-service hospital; (2) direct staff to come back on October 21, 2014, with a multi-year allocation plan to be implemented after the litigation was settled and with an agreement from Chevron for accelerated money; and (3) direct staff to come back on October 21, 2014, with a plan for additional funding with commitments from other sources
6 to 0
Approved as a group without individual discussion.