1944-1369RESOLUTION NO. 1369
WHEREAS, the highways of Northern Orange County are carrying an
increasingly large amount of traffic, and
WHEREAS, northern Orange County possesses numerous centers of
population which increase traffic hazards, and
WHEREAS, a great number of traffic accidents are occurring at
present in northern Orange County, and
WAS, there is no ambulance service in northern Orange County,
and by reason of such lack, it is necessary to apply to firms in Santa Ana
for such service, which circumstance has resulted in delays which have
endangered the lives of many persons, and
WHEREAS, the people of northern Orange County who have seen
victims of accidents lie in the streets for comparatively long periods
of time awaiting facilities to carry them to a hospital, and
WHEREAS, the people of northern Orange County maintain that the
lives of injured persons in that area are as precious as those injured in
central Orange County, and
WHEREAS, a great many of the accidents in northern Orange County
take place in unincorporated areas, where the need for immediate assistance
is as great as in municipalities, and
WHEREAS, there is a need for the establishment of an ambulance
service in northern Orange County,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM, that the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California,
take immediate steps to establish an ambulance service in northern Orange
County.
The foregoing resolution is signed and approved by me this 7th
day of March, 1944.
Attest: Mayor of the City of Anaheim
Ci le rrk of the •'f' of Anaheim
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, Charles L. Griffith, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a
regular adjourned meeting of said City Council held on the 7th day of
March, 19l4, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Barnes, Roney and Sheridan.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: COUNCILMEN: Van Wagoner.
And I further certify that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
signed and approved said resolution on the 7th day of March, 1944.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said. City of Anaheim this 7th day of March, 1944.