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Home My WebLink About2020-62 - Supporting and Commending Hoag Hospital for Going the Extra Mile to Care for, Educate and Protect the Residents of Newport Beach and Orange County During the Covid-19 Outbreak and Supporting Hoag's Effort to Become Independent of Providence HealRESOLUTION NO. 2020-62 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING AND COMMENDING HOAG HOSPITAL FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO CARE FOR, EDUCATE AND PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF NEWPORT BEACH AND ORANGE COUNTY DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK AND SUPPORTING HOAG'S EFFORT TO BECOME INDEPENDENT OF PROVIDENCE HEALTH WHEREAS, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian ("Hoag") was founded in Newport Beach as a community hospital in 1952, by the Association of Presbyterian Members of Hoag and the George Hoag Family Foundation to support the Orange County community; WHEREAS, from 1952 to 2020, Hoag has expanded from a small facility serving west Orange County to a top-rated regional health care provider with two full-service hospitals and thirteen clinics in the County of Orange ("County"); WHEREAS, in 1978, the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Foundation ("Foundation) was formed, with Dr. Arnold O. Beckman as President, and over the ensuing 42 -years the Foundation has raised nearly $2 billion to support health care services for the County's growing population; WHEREAS, in 2013 Hoag entered in to an "affiliation" with St. Joseph's Health System to support an ambitious plan to transform care in the County; WHEREAS, in 2016 St. Joseph's Health System affiliated with Seattle based Providence Health, one of the largest health systems in the country; WHEREAS, Hoag has been a longstanding partner with the City of Newport Beach Fire Department in promoting educational programs such as Project Wipeout and coordinating the continuance of care through the emergency medical services and paramedic transports; WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services announced a nationwide public health emergency, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak; Resolution No. 2020-62 Page 2 of 4 WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state prepare for the broader spread of COVID-19; WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-33- 20 requiring all residents to stay at their place of residence except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of government and critical infrastructure ("Stay at Home Order"); WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly strained and depleted the national supply of personal protective equipment ("PPE"); WHEREAS, Hoag recognized the deficiency of PPE and quickly coordinated the design and development of additional PPE, in collaboration with its infectious disease experts and its local 3D printing partner; WHEREAS, Hoag produced high-quality PPE, including but not limited to, eye protection, disposable and reusable face shields, and complex negative airflow cuffs of a quality that satisfied Hoag's medical standards, and established a reserve of PPE; WHEREAS, with enough PPE for its staff, Hoag turned its focus toward supplying PPE to local first responders including, but not limited to, the Newport Beach Fire Department, the Newport Beach Police Department, community outreach centers, and Hoag's business and community partners; WHEREAS, from mid-April to early May, Hoag distributed over 11,000 disposable face shields, 14,000 eye protection goggles, and 8,000 KN95 masks; WHEREAS, on April 28, 2020, Governor Newsom outlined the state's four stages for reopening businesses and ending the Stay at Home Order; WHEREAS, to meet the requirements for entering Stage 2, the gradual re -opening of lower -risk workplaces, the County needed 82,000 face masks and 85,000 gowns for its PPE reserves; WHEREAS, Hoag volunteered to transfer the needed PPE supplies to the County, which solidified the County's ability to obtain Stage 2 approval from the Governor; Resolution No. 2020-62 Page 3 of 4 WHEREAS, Hoag put forth extraordinary effort by quickly identifying the community's need for increased levels of care from the beginning of, and throughout the pandemic, and Hoag's doctors, nurses, technicians, janitorial, and administrative staff stepped up to ensure the highest quality of health care was provided to residents of the County; and WHEREAS, Hoag's goals of transforming care in the County through an affiliation with Providence Health have, in the opinion of the Hoag Board, not been achieved, and the Hoag Board, medical staff and the members of the Foundation believe it is in the best interests of the community for Hoag to regain its independence and keep resources and decision making local. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council hereby recognizes Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian's 68 -year history of providing the highest quality health care to Orange County, and Newport Beach in particular. Section 2: The City Council hereby commends Hoag for its innovative approach in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic through the design and development of needed PPE supplies, for giving back to the community during a time when the community needed it most, and for stepping forward to transfer a large volume of PPE to assist Orange County with moving forward in the Governor's COVID-19 re -opening plan. Additionally, the City Council hereby recognizes Hoag's leadership in responding to the pandemic and providing reassurance to the community that Hoag was prepared to meet the demands of the pandemic while continuing to provide exceptional health care services. Section 3: The City of Newport Beach supports Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in their effort to become independent and return to a community-based hospital serving Orange County's residents because it is important for the protection of the Newport Beach community that health care decisions are made locally. Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Resolution No. 2020-62 Page 4 of 4 Section 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 6: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 7: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 23rd day of June, 2020. ATTEST: &kW SA* City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE A ron C. Harp City Attorney C Will O'Neill Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2020-62, was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 23rd day of June, 2020; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Brad Avery, Council Member Joy Brenner, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Duffy Duffield, Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Kevin Muldoon NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 241h day of June, 2020. Lei ani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California