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RESOLI~ION NO. 108
~fHEPEAS, the expansion and development of defense activities in
the city of Bremerton will have practically doubled the popolation of
the city of Bremerton by January 1, 1942, and no funds are available
from taxation or other city revenues to provide adequate hospital
facilities for the citizens of the city of Bremerton and particularly
the thousands of defense workers and their children who are living in
the city of Bremerton and particularly in the Eastpark and Westpark
defense housing projects, and it is necessary for public health and to
take care of the needs of the community that approximately one hundred
fifty (150) additional hospital beds should be available for use by the
citizens of the city of Bremerton, and
~'~EREAS, the representatives of the Federal Works Agency have in-
vited the City of Bremerton to apply for Federal assistance in connection
with the building and equipping of hospital facilities in the city of
Bremerton,
NO~V THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City
of Bremerton that application be immediately made to the Federal Works
Agency, t~ublic Works Administration, for $500,000.00 for construction
and equipment of a hospital in the city of Bremerton of sufficient
size to accommodate one hundred fifty (150) hospital beds.
?I2$ED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such
passage, this 6th day of August, 1941.
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